He also used a lot of shine to convey the effect of fish scales.

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Adegbe took extreme measures to get his eco message heard -- and seen -- on the runway, including one design inspired by mermaids and made from real fish scales.

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"When the fishermen finish from the sea they bring fish to the shop, so I asked them, whenever they want to sell the big fishes to remove the fish scales and then I collect them like that for several months, " said Adegbe.

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The samples were poured through microfiber filters to extract DNA, which fish shed in their excrement, scales and body slime.

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Standing above him, Edward Sherman Hoar, his sole companion, holds aloft a string of fish and examines the oily glistening of inanimate scales.

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In homage to the Surrealists, Louboutin once created a pair of pumps with a hydrodynamic shape, a bulging eye above the pinkie toe, and tessellating rows of black and gold scales the foot as a fish.

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