After a decade away from the runway, hair artist Charlie Le Mindu returns to Paris couture week with SKINS, a collection shaped by movement and a radical rethinking of the body.
Over the past ten years, Le Mindu’s work has expanded beyond hair: designing costumes for opera and ballet, live performances, music videos and editorial shoots (from Les ballets de Monte-Carlo to Doja Cat’s explosive Coachella performance last year). This time away from Fashion has helped Le Mindu clarify his language and deepen his relationship to the body, especially his own, with a stronger focus on material and physical presence.
At its core, the collection exists where power and desire quietly intersect. It speaks to those who choose how they are seen, when they are touched, and where their boundaries lie. Sexuality here is neither decorative nor performative: it is deliberate. Sensuality is not staged for validation; it is fully inhabited. Rooted in trichophilia, SKINS moves hair beyond ornament. Hair becomes structure, surface, architecture. A second skin. Human hair is treated as a primary material, elevated through couture techniques while preserving its raw, emotional charge. The body is not corrected, softened, or explained. It is amplified. Each silhouette holds tension between control and release, strength and vulnerability, intimacy and distance.
Material choices follow the same conviction. All looks are crafted entirely from real human hair, used both as surface and structure. Color is treated with restraint, allowing the material to speak without excess. Scroll for photos from the runway show.
To bring the collection to life, Le Mindu paired with Pornhub, yes that’s right, and BYREDO. Le Mindu says, “I believe body positivity means refusing to edit the body into something acceptable; it’s now about body visibility. Working with Pornhub allows me to support a space where bodies are not filtered through fear, but shown as real, complex and autonomous.”
“We are thrilled to support Charlie Le Mindu’s groundbreaking return to fashion, also making Pornhub’s first presence at Couture Week. Charlie’s experience as a former sex worker brings authenticity and depth to his work, making this collaboration especially meaningful. Our collaboration isn’t just about exposure, rather about individuals choosing how they are seen and defining their own boundaries. Here, sensuality is expressed with confidence and autonomy, not for external approval. At Pornhub, we champion free expression, and we’re proud to help bring this visionary show to life,” says Alex Kekesi, Vice President of Brand and Community at Pornhub.
The SKINS collection is revealed in collaboration with BYREDO, a pioneer of scent and beauty as an emotional language rooted in intimacy and collective memory, imbuing the material of each piece with presence through the BYREDO Hair Perfume collection and makeup. Understanding that makeup is not about covering but about presence, with SKINS, Le Mindu does not propose an image of the body — he offers a state of being. Unedited. Autonomous. Fully present.
