Fierce Couture is a new clothing line that combines old-world designs with industrial chic. Regular readers of this column know of our ongoing love affair with antique designs done over in modern elements, and here’s the latest find: the Wing Skirt, which may be one of the most elegant bondage skirts ever. A pair of bondage clips hold the train off the floor in a lovely swash of gathered fabric. Better yet, no two are alike since the fabric is hand printed by video artist Scott Pagano.

October Effigies is KerryKate Patterson’s dollhouse of morbid curiosa and lost souls, with a distinctly flapper-era sensibility present in her troubled glamorous faces. Among the gallery of strange personae is Jane-Roy, a union of the masculine and feminine in one body. Seemingly opposing images are set side-by-side: a rouged cheek offsets a twirled mustache, a clingy pink gown contrasts against a buttoned jacket. But a lock and key finish off the visual analogy of fitting together.