"Robot Baby Covered in Old Flip Phones Steals the Show at Schiaparelli's Haute Couture Runway"
Schiaparelli's 2024 couture show in Paris featured a life-size robot baby doll and a cocktail dress covered in tech waste, symbolizing the intersection of humanity and technology. Creative director Daniel Roseberry used old phones, calculators, wires, motherboards, and CDs as embellishments, tapping into the Y2K nostalgia trend. The pieces serve as a warning of an inhuman, robot-powered future while recontextualizing tech waste from a simpler era, reflecting on the cultural and social significance of outdated technology.