Often seeking to shock and provoke, Freytag-Loringhoven wandered the streets wearing little but a blanket, tinned tomato cans tied together with string around her chest, hats adorned with gilded carrots and other vegetables (or sometimes spoons), and stamps on her cheeks. She saw these items (often junk on the street) as ‘wearable art’. With a shaved head and penchant for cross-dressing, she defied gender conventions and refused to conform to societal expectations.
