Hannah Rose Dalton

Hannah Rose Dalton is a New Zealand-born, Canada-raised artist and fashion designer. She moved to Montreal as an infant and met Steven Raj Bhaskaran while studying fashion there in 2014. The pair developed Fecal Matter, also presented under the French name Matières Fécales, in the mid-2010s as a collaborative project spanning clothing, make-up, performance, music and online image-making. The formal label took shape over the following years.

Dalton and Bhaskaran first produced one-off and upcycled pieces, sold work through Depop and became known for self-styled images using prosthetics, painted skin, contact lenses and sculptural footwear. The project later developed into the Paris-based Matières Fécales label, supported by the Dover Street Market Paris incubator, and made its Paris Fashion Week debut in March 2025. Dalton and Bhaskaran design, construct and present the project jointly.

Dalton and Bhaskaran treat dress, make-up and performance as one continuous image-making practice. Their recurring method is bodily transformation through painted skin, concealed or shaved hair, contact lenses, prosthetic additions, corsetry and elongated footwear. Garments, make-up and temporary prosthetic effects produce unfamiliar figures that question who is permitted to appear beautiful, elegant or socially acceptable.

The work also has a material and ethical strand. Early pieces were handmade, repurposed or produced from factory remnants, and the duo repeatedly linked the project to objections to labour exploitation, waste and exclusion within fashion. As Matières Fécales developed into a Paris runway label, the construction became more polished while the contrast between classical dress forms and unsettling details remained. Long dresses, corseted shapes and precise tailoring provide a formal base for prosthetic, distressed or biologically suggestive details.