And why wouldn't any vibrant character want to play male model walking a carpet with an imitation of a palazzo mosaic, laid out like a game of chess.
As the models walked a path in semidarkness, the piece — part machine — threw out light from two long latticelike arms that came, as near to the artist's satisfaction, to colliding.
Rihanna's fashion collection for the British high street chain River Island was introduced with a rock 'n' roll attitude, as models walked a scaffold of a runway to the raunchy music of the rapper Jay-Z, ending with "Fresh Off the Runway" — a track released by Rihanna.
Expect an emphasis on social class that will twist accepted definitions of glamour, while polished models walk a thin line between parody and sincerity on a runway designed by the artist Oscar Tuazon.
Melania, who had been a model, walked in like a bride, in a white dress with a slim waist, high neckline, and long sleeves that resolved in ruffled cuffs.
Friends of Steenkamp, a law graduate and model, walked up a path to the crematorium, some holding hands or carrying flowers.
John Galliano was inspired by life on the ocean wave, from the moment that the first model walked out, a parka thrown over her bright dress, her sailor hat at an angle, giving the photographers a naval salute.
"This is a typical silhouette of mine," he said, as a model walked across his office wearing a coat with a sagging back, an update on a style he first introduced a few years ago.
There were gasps when a model walked down the passageway in a full-length mink coat inset with coiling snakes: mink cutouts that had been dyed red, black, and white.
An infrared camera points at a model walking on a treadmill in a puffa jacket who stops, unsmiling, and unzips to reveal his T-shirted torso, which glows warm on the screen.
