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Alexander McQueen Fall 2015 I'm Melting Fredrikson Stallard renders both the taper and the candlestick in wax to stress the object's temporary nature. Candle #1, inquires at info@ fredrikson- stallard.com My Bloody Valentine Fredrikson Stallard's urethane rug consists of the average volume of blood in two human bodies side by side. The Lovers rug, 2005, at info@fredriksonstallard.com Disintegration Dror Benshetrit of Studio Dror shattered vase pieced back together to reflect ideas ideas of purity, damage and transformation. Rosenthal Vases of Phases, $370, at rosenthalusa-shop.com. Kiss of Death Chanel Ballet Russe lipstick $36, at the Chanel boutique, Neiman Marcus, Saks Fifth Avenue. Pearls Before Swine Muriel Grateau Mabe collection onyx pearl ring with black diamonds, price upon request at murielgrateau. com. This nose ring perfectly reflects youth subcultures in Riccardo Tisci's work. "Chola Victorian," he declared backstage. Givenchy nose ring in gunmetal tone and crystal $235, at farfetch.com, net-a-porter.com. Hair Hoof Maison Margiela faux- fur mule $1,360, at Sloan/Hall. Coiled to Strike Francesco Russo sculptural shoe with twining ties $2,040, at farfetch.com. Nailed Bijules nail ring $302, at grangehall.com. Burned Smoke chair by Maarten Baas for Moooi, price upon request, at Internum, Dallas; Internum, Kuhl-Linscomb, Houston. Price upon request. Seat of Power Rick Owens Tomb Stag chair, black marble, moose antler (2012) edition of 8, price on request, Salon 94, NYC, info@salon94.com. Givenchy Fall 2015 Neo-Victorian Lace and melancholy influenced the runways for Fall 2015. Designers Riccardo Tisci, Sarah Burton and Simone Rocha delivered pieces with a 19th- century mood, while Alexander Wang's exaggerated velvet hiking boots conjure thoughts of Mary Shelley's Frankenstein. By the Neck Eddie Borgo pavé prickled scarf $350, at Neiman Marcus, Tootsies, netaporter. com. Scandale Oscar Wilde's The Picture of Dorian Gray, a philosophical mirror of the Victorian era, first published July 1890. Penguin Clothbound Classics series designed by Coralie-Bickford Smith, $22 . Alexander Wang Fall 2015 Simone Rocha Fall 2015 Thorny Subject Bois de Rose ring in 18K pink gold and pink diamonds, price upon request, at the Dior boutique (opening October 2 at River Oaks District). Bugs and Victorians Hand-glazed ceramic scarab $150, at totaldfc.com. Subversive Alaïa Paris eau de parfum $150, exclusively at Saks Fifth Avenue. Nose Candy Entwined Lynn Ban Coil ring in black rhodium with silver and gray diamonds $3,522, at net-a-porter.com. Dario Robleto's At War With the Entropy of Nature/Ghosts Don't Always Want To Come Back, 2002, carved bone and bone dust from every bone in the body; trinitite (glass produced during the first atomic test explosion, circa 1945 from Trinity test site, when heat from blast melted surrounding sand), at Inman Gallery. DAVID FRANCO/ TRECE THERE'S A CERTAIN FASCINATION IN FADED GRANDEUR — THE CONCEPT THAT PLACES AND OBJECTS BECOME MORE BEAUTIFUL AS THEY DECAY AND FALL INTO RUIN. BY MICHELLE AVIÑA OCTOBER | PAGE 36 | 2015