Watch: Robot dogs take over the runway at Paris Fashion Week

Coperni deployed robodogs from Boston Dynamics at Paris Fashion Week (Image credit: @coperni/Instagram)

Last year, Coperni gave the fashion world its most viral moment by spray-painting a dress on Bella Hadid. This year, the Parisian brand unleashed robot dogs on the runway. Coperni designers Sébastien Meyer and Arnaud Vaillant recruited a pack of robot dogs from Boston Dynamics for their Autumn/Winter 2023 (Fall) show at the Paris Fashion Week. The performance, meant to showcase the intersection between humans and technology, took some attention away from the collection.

Several yellow robots paced the runway at the same time as the models, held Lila Moss’ handbag for her and stole a jacket from Rianne Van Rompaey.

Robots @ Coperni fall 2023 pic.twitter.com/MndrvQS6H6

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In an Instagram post, Coperni said its “Fall Winter 23 collection is a modern fable about the relationship between humans and technology.”

“The show features the Spot robots from the American company Boston Dynamics in relation with human beings,” the post said.

Spot robots perform many diverse tasks, from collecting equipment data in industrial facilities to creating digital twins on construction sites to helping first responders safely assess potentially hazardous situations, Coperni explained. They were developed by Boston Dynamics, a company that hopes to create a future where humans and machines work together to improve everyone’s safety, productivity and quality of life.