Upon entering the Paris Observatory for Acne Studios’ Paris Fashion Week show, I was met with attendees posing on couches, a seemingly “normal” scene. But upon further inspection, I realized there were drawings on these couches, with sayings like “Homebody,” and a pan of eggs and a salt and pepper shaker. There were also plushies in the shapes of animals, laps, and the torso of a man. My eyes immediately went to an embroidered pillow that looked like something my grandmother would have sitting in her basement, except it wasn’t your average pillow; it was the shape of a cat with facial drawings and gold jewelry draped over it. What does this have to do with the show? I thought to myself. It was a chaotic display of maximalism.
