McQueen, Queen of innovation, Queen of Paris Fashion Week this year. His show “Plato’s Atlantis” was mesmerizing, completely awe-inspiring that he deserves an Oscar for best of everything. His collections were aquatics, amphibious influence was on point. While other designers have given us visions of the world, post-apocalypse, this was just mind-blowing. not only do the clothes depict an eventual devolution from woman to sea creature, but so do the towering, sculptural platform shoes! i literally died! the prostheses that were applied to the model’s brows, and the molded, horn-like hair looks. McQueen just out-did himself.

the prints were some of the most interesting I’ve ever seen at Fashion Week, and they also represented a step towards fashions technological future – they were digitally designed.

in greens, browns, teals and blues, they formed sculpted, architectural cocktail dresses that were unlike any you’ll find at a store near you. the attention to detail that was paid – the ruching, seaming, pintucking, and beading – was worthy of any superlative that you can imagine.

McQueen’s collection embodied what fashion can be, on its best days – fantastical, experimental, full of ideas.