Fashion maths: S/S 2015

From Barbie to blood baths, the S/S 2015 shows in numbers Writer: JJ Martin; Illustrator: Nathalie Lees

Fashion maths: S/S 2015
(Image credit: Nathalie Lees)

15,000

Tons of steel used to create Frank Gehry’s Louis Vuitton Foundation, the new site for the French brand’s fashion shows

6

Artworks that Miley Cyrus glue-gunned together from toys and stage debris for her exhibition 'Dirty Hippie' with V Magazine

54

Storeys that showgoers ascended for Jason Wu’s fashion show for Hugo Boss at 4 World Trade Center

75

Number of arches on Fendi’s runway, designed to recreate Rome’s Palazzo della Civiltà Italiana

32

Models’ heads shrink-wrapped into flat plastic helmets at Junya Watanabe

1,000

Different poses by model Coco Rocha in a leotard in her book Study of Pose, shot by Steven Sebring with a 360-degree photography rig

35

Golf ball-sized rivets on a single Marc Jacobs woman’s jacket

34

Models with black patent face braces at Alexander McQueen

5

Outfits that may, or may not, have been put through a Texas Chainsaw Massacre-style blood bath at Comme des Garçons

1

Life-sized Barbie who roller-skated down the Moschino runway

15

Models in stripes and oversized wigs that danced in white stilettos and socks for Jean Paul Gaultier’s farewell to ready-to-wear fashion

6

Claws forming the soles of Rick Owens’ cave girl/Grecian platform sandals

Fashion maths: S/S 2015

(Image credit: Nathalie Lees)

42

Bicycle wheels spinning on the Antonio Marras runway

6

White sails billowing on the Lacoste runway

32

Fashion editors who left New York Fashion Week early to fly to Cupertino for the Apple Watch presentation

6

Women’s hats in the form of a man’s suit at the Thom Browne show

130

Length in metres of Chanel’s life-like street, created inside Paris’ Grand Palais, featuring seven-storey buildings, pavements, potholes and protesting models

10,000

Size in square feet of the Pepto-Bismol pink house on the runway at the Marc Jacobs show

16,000

Precious gems that encrusted the $2m ‘Fantasy’ bras worn at the Victoria’s Secret fashion show

5

Cement skateboard ramps on the runway at Kenzo

7

Dancers from British choreographer Wayne McGregor’s Random Dance Company who sizzled on Gareth Pugh’s runway

2

Years that Farida Khelfa trailed and filmed Christian Louboutin for her first documentary

Fashion maths: S/S 2015

(Image credit: Nathalie Lees)

150,000

Number of copies of The Karl Daily, Karl Lagerfeld’s satirical newspaper distributed during Paris Fashion Week

9.7

Millions of page impressions generated by 89 fashion bloggers during Calvin Klein’s show - a fashion week record

300

Stuffed elephants waiting on the guests’ seats at Oscar de la Renta’s show

15

Age in months of North West, who secured her own gold chair with calligraphed nameplace at the Givenchy women’s show. She wore a sheer black lace top for the occasion

28,000

Fresh flowers for sale at Marni’s pop-up market at Milan’s Rotonda della Besana

130,000

Flowers planted on Tommy Hilfiger’s sprawling golf course-cum-music carnival runway

6

Giant red cherries inscribed with skulls loitering at Jun Takahashi’s Undercover show

5

Enormous purple sand dunes constructed for the Prada show

4

Weeks it took Argentine artist Alexandra Kehayoglou to create Dries Van Noten’s mossy runway

Fashion maths: S/S 2015

(Image credit: Nathalie Lees)

4

Cost in euros of a box of limited-edition Kellogg’s Fashion Flakes designed by Anya Hindmarch

14

Number of oversized metal rings piercing the eyebrows of each model at Rodarte

7

Number of former supermodels on stage to tell stories for Olivier Saillard’s performance art piece ‘Models Never Talk’ during New York Fashion Week

10

Length in minutes of Polo Ralph Lauren’s 3D movie, projected on a 60ft-tall wall of water in New York’s Central Park

30

Length in minutes of a one-act fashion play written by Spike Jonze and Jonah Hill for the Opening Ceremony show

20

Number of gold safety pins holding together one of Anthony Vaccarello’s dresses for Versus

30

Types of brocade replicated by Prada from centuries-old textiles for its women’s collection

12

Cream-filled, penis-shaped cookies served on each tray before the Acne show

JJ Martin