Unquiet
Things

Harbingers of doom, vessels of secrets, survivors of catastrophe—rats have worn many historical hats (often that of “carrier”) but now they’re the ones being toted. Copenhagen Fashion Week has given us a metallic disco rat clutch that feels like ancient plague vermin reincarnated as glittering dance floor devotees.

Models prowled runways and lurked in photos with shiny vermin tucked under their arms like tiny, glamorous familiars, creatures whispering of witness to humanity’s cycles of excess and collapse, and which now spread fashion contagion instead of bubonic plague.

These are rats who’d fit right into a Studio 54 revival, complete with glass eyes that have seen civilizations crumble and probably know where to find the best after-party powders and pharmaceuticals. Anne Sofie Madsen and Esben Weile Kjær have created familiars for the disco apocalypse—rodent companions carrying FASHUN FEVER instead of actual fever.

To whoever is going to comment on this, I know, I know, someone else did it first. Probably even someone before that! You’re very smart. You know all the things. I probably should have consulted you before I wrote this. As a matter of fact, you probably should have written this! Wait…where are you going?