YES, YES, YES.
This is exactly what I wanted - a KA-POW presentation from one of mall-time favorite designers, Alexander McQueen. The show took place last night at 8:15pm in Paris, and the live stream was supposed to be available this morning in the United States. So, I woke up, excited as a kid on Christmas morning, only to find that SHOWstudio had crashed. You know why? Thirty minutes before McQueen's show began, Lady Gaga tweeted that her new song, Bad Romance, would be premiering at the show. After this statement, there was reportedly one million followers of McQueen's vid. Aye.
Fortunately, hours later, I found myself excitedly viewing Plato's Atlantis by Alexander McQueen. And let's just say, McQueen really stuck to his theme. Everything from the beginning of the show to the end was resembled the beauty of underwater life, evolution, and the aquatic. And, it moved me to tears.
We first start the collection with mini dresses in crocodile/fish/reptile patterns, swirled and geometrically spun into each other. Warm yellows, oranges, browns, and deep greens quickly morph into groups of copper with browns and greens, then into beautiful nudes and blues, with jellyfish shapes and more. The beauty was creative and fresh, with giant corn rows braided into each model's head, pushing out in the form of clam shells or ram's horns. Later in the show, the braids were joined by whisps of curly, bleached hair, in resemblance of sea foam that washes ashore.
Besides the incredible patterns, and AMAZING soundtrack (I am obsessed with the authenticity in the scuba breathing/whale/dolphin sound section), I think the star of the show was the shoes. McQueen presented crab claws (with no models falling!), industrial metal detailing, and Ursula-esque squiggly heels.
I say, the Nina Ricci boot of fall has been replaced. And we will see the crab claw heel in every photoshoot until next March. Yup.
Magdalena opens. Fierce as ever.
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