I was drawn into the Alexander McQueen heels “Armadillo”.
Who is it? What company was he/she working for? Was there a larger collection this design was a part of? What season? What year?
Alexander McQueen was my favorite designer and he inspired me a lot. These heels were from his last collection on 2010 before he committed suicide. The collection was Spring/Summer 2010.
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- ‘Plato’s Atlantis’ Collection Spring/Summer 2010 by Lee Alexander McQueen.
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- First Initial sketches of McQueen in 2009. He was inspired by the sea and sea creatures. He wanted this collection to be out of this world.
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- The world needs fantasy, not reality. We have enough reality today.’ (quote from Lee Alexander McQueen about the collection)
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- There were only 21 pairs of shoes made only for the show.
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- 3 pairs of the shoes were put in auction after his death and Lady Gaga got them for $295,000.
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- All of the shoes were hand made in Italy.
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- One part took 5 days to make and around 30 people involved.
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- All the money from the shoes was sent to UNICEF, to help people in. Nepal after the earthquake.
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- Each shoe has a different material made in its own unique way.
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- During the show many models refused to wear them because they looked very “scary”.
