Swiss designer Kevin Germanier acknowledges the audience at the end of the presentation of his Autumn/Winter 2022 collection fashion show during Paris Fashion Week. Photo: AFP
"The fashion world likes everything to be slick, but I'm a bit like Dr Frankenstein, experimenting all the time with little bits and bobs," said Kevin Germanier, the young Swiss designer who created the Golden Voyager costume for the closing ceremony of the Paris Olympics.
That glittering outfit was made from reels and reels of recycled video tape from his childhood, along with hundreds of Germanier's favourite plaything – pearls.
