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No. 13, spring/summer 1999 Corset of brown leather; skirt of cream silk lace; prosthetic legs of carved elm wood Courtesy of Alexander McQueen

I figured, why not try it? Made the dress out of muslin. It's basically a really long circle skirt. The difference is that my belts are not leather, and of course I didn't have an auto painting robot or the huge petticoat to lift it all up...ok I didn't have a lot [I made this dress in 2 hours]. But it was still fun, and I think it came out pretty...but you can be the judge. Note...I do wish this had a running/drippy look, but unfortunately spray paint doesn't run as well as as i hoped. So…

Today, in 1998, Aimee Mullins--athlete and double amputee--walked the runway at McQueen's Spring/Summer 1999 show in these wooden prosthetic legs carved to look like boots.

No. 13, Alexander McQueen S/S 1999

Alexander McQueen SS99 - No.13. Supposedly the only show he cried at.

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