I first saw mcqueens work in a documentary about the met gala, and I was immediately struck with how much I gravitated toward his work.

Despite his untimely death, McQueen's rebellious spirit and revolutionary way of thinking will hopefully inspire the next generation of great designers.Remarking on the direction of his fashions, he once commented, 'My work will be about taking elements of traditional embroidery, filigree and craftsmanship from countries all over the world. Typical of McQueen’s collections, VOSS offered a commentary on the politics of appearance, upending conventional ideals of beauty. The audience was reflected in the glass before the show began but, once it started, the trapped models could not see out.

In Plato's Atlantis, this sublime experience of nature was paralleled with and supplanted by that of technology, and the extreme space-time compressions produced by the digital age.If you are more deeply into fashion and happen to love McQueen like I do, this is an incredible glossary and reference book to aid in your own projects. It is sturdy, feels raw and expensive, and of a fantastic size to extricate detail from (though it is also difficult to keep. McQueen used all kinds of materials, commissioning skilled wood carvers, leather workers, prosthetists, glass soecialists, embroiderers and plumassiers (feather workers) to help realise his vision. Two cameras on giant robotic arms moved along the catwalk, scrutinizing these specimens and projecting their images onto a white-tiled backdrop that resembled a clinical laboratory.