The film What a Way to Go! (1964) and Truman Capote’s Black and White Ball (1966). Love stronger than money: coats made of “banknotes” from the Bank of Ulyana Sergeenko, feline motifs throughout.
Inspired by the film What a Way to Go! (1964) starring Shirley MacLaine and Truman Capote's legendary Black and White Ball (1966), the collection played out as an ironic drama telling a story of love proving stronger than money.
The narrative's central themes were the cat — standing in for feline behaviour and serving as the collection heroine's alter ego — and money, wryly recast as a decorative element. At the show, staged at the Parisian mansion Hôtel Mona Bismarck, models and friends of the House — Dita Von Teese, Nadja Lee, Ornella Muti — wore fantastical looks, including coats and boas sewn entirely from organza printed to resemble “banknotes” from the Bank of Ulyana Sergeenko, and a corseted gown made of Vologda lace patterned with cigars and cats.
The cat motif ran throughout — in a paw-print pattern, in bodice cups shaped like a cat's muzzle, and in witty accessories such as kitten-heel shoes finished with ears, and bags shaped like cocktail glasses.
