An Alexander McQueen 'Plato's Atlantis' collection snakeskin printed organza dress, Spring-Summer, 2010, grey label and size 40, with python-like photo-collage print in brilliant colours, internal flesh coloured boned corset-like bodice, with original shop tag, bust approx 81cm, 32in This was look no 4 on the catwalk for the S/S 2010 collection. McQueen said of this collection that it predicted a future in which 'the ice cap would melt...the waters would rise and ...life on Earth would have to evolve in order to live beneath the sea once more or perish... Humanity (would) go back to the place from whence it came'. 'There is no way back for me now. I am going to take you on journeys you've never dreamed were possible'. Literature: Metropolitan Museum 'Savage Beauty', pp184-195. This model was chosen for both the Metropolitan Museum and the Victoria & Albert Museum retrospective exhibitions.

Good condition, unworn