Insect inspired fashion

These are from Alexander McQueen's 2010 Spring/Summer runway show, "Plato's Atlantis." The attached runway video is slightly NSFW due to some nudity.

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There was a striking iridescent beetle carapace headress in Thierry Mugler's Haute Couture Spring ’97 exoskeletal insect-inspired collection. Before the butterfly finale, all manner of winged and hard-shelled creatures made appearances. Mugler’s chitin carapace-like constructions added a touch of Kafka’s 'Metamorphosis' to his collection and this was later referenced by Nicola Formichetti and Sébastien Peigné in their Autumn 2012 show for the 'House of Mugler'.

What’s your favorite way to celebrate Halloween? Spending an evening exchanging scary stories with your closest friends, binging horror films that will make you sleep with the lights on for a week, or passing out candy to all of the adorable kids who dressed up as their favorite characters to go trick or treating? There’s no wrong way to embrace the spooky season, but if you’re looking for a frightening experience, what might be even more terrifying than ghost stories and strolls through…

Lee Alexander McQueen was a genius. Not only was he an expert tailor with an impeccable knowledge of how to craft clothing, but he is also worthy of being hailed as one of the greatest artists of …

Following various links today, I found this blog posting about fashion designers turning to insects and other arthropods for inspiration. I like the silverfish dress the best (above). I'm currently working on a crazy altered book, with a completely cheesy old book called "To Have and To Hold" by Mary Johnston as my starting point. It's an adventure/romance novel from the early 1900's. The pages are old and soft and easily cut and torn, with nice texture. I'm about halfway through altering it…

Cool Chic Style Fashion: Alexander McQueen Spring/Summer 2011 Collection details

The more I research into bugs and insects I can see why many designers use nature as inspiration for their designs whether it’s through colour, patterns or materials to represent their natura…