Interview: Fecal Matter S/S 18

Fashion designer Junko Shimada comments on her creations in this recorded interview, captured amidst the post-show backstage buzz at Shanghai French Couture Week 2012.

Paris-based couturier Guo Pei explains the inspiration behind her first couture collection Samsara – a visit to the war museum in Paris to see Napoleon's clothes – and shows a dress that took 4000 hours to make!

Somarta's creative director Tamae Hirokawa talks us through the themes of her couture collection, presented at Singapore French Couture Week 2012.