Umm… wow. The feudal samurai-armoury and kimono-origami, resplendent in living graphic design with Pharaoh’s headpiece and hieroglyphic-inpired designs in the paneling, and that genius obi-ribbon sculpted to resemble it frozen in mid-air, reimagined as sci-fi armour, is the stuff of OG Gaultier/Galliano/McQueen rapturous high fashion goodness.
Sadly— and I assume the partially-shaved hairstyles of ancient Egyptian royalty and the chonmage of samurai in Edo-period Japan being the inspirations for these looks, all ends up more clownish Star Trek with the prosthetics, rather then a more culturally-rich fusion of a new and provocative proposal of beauty. The (deliberate?) ugliness isn’t working. It’s even cheap and corny looking, especially with the Terminator-sunglasses, completely drags down the strong designs. He’s always been so heavy-handed, unlike the masters.