A Review

Interpretation is in the eye of the beholder...or at least thats how I distorted the quote. Alexander McQueen's Spring/Summer 2010 collection at Paris Fashion week undoubtedly will be setting standards in the fashion industry to come. The models were draped in short, reptile-patterned, digitally printed dresses. Their emaciated legs sunk into grotesque shoes. According a a press release, McQueen was "casting an apocalyptic forecast of the future ecological meltdown of the world: Humankind is made up of creatures that evolved from the sea, and we may be heading back to an underwater future as the ice cap dissolves".
The set was comprised of a sparkling, illuminated runway in which two robotic movie cameras on, what the film industry refers to as 'booms, which swiveled around in a 360 degree motion and ran the length of the runway while the girls walked.


The background showed a screen playing video of Raquel Zimmermann, lying on sand, naked, with snakes writhing across her body.

The clothes evolved from greens and browns, moving to aqua and blue which accurately mimicked the depths of the ocean. They were exceptionally executed as each dress was a work of computer-generated art intertwined with McQueen's couture touch.





You get the idea.
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