The Plato’s Atlantis show shoes

The Alexander McQueen Spring/Summer 2010 Plato’s Atlantis show featured a total of 46 looks on the runway. This collection, which would tragically become McQueen’s last fully realized collection before his death in February 2010, was a tour de force of fashion innovation and creativity.

Each of the 46 looks was complemented by a pair of the collection’s signature avant-garde shoes. The shoe styles were repeated across multiple outfits, creating a cohesive visual narrative throughout the show.

The show featured three main styles of shoes:

  • Armadillo shoes;
  • Alien shoes; and
  • Titanic shoes.
Armadillo boot; Alien shoe; Titanic shoe, Alexander McQueen, Plato’s Atlantis Spring/Summer 2010, Uk. Images © Victoria and Albert Museum, London/Courtesy of Alexander McQueen

The iconic armadillo shoes were featured in 20 of the 46 show looks. The whole show featuring all of the looks can be viewed on Youtube.

Before looking more closely at each pair of armadillo shoes and where they are now, it’s worth perhaps pulling all of them together in one place:

Pair 1 – Show Look 1

Pair 2 – Show Look 2

Pair 3 – Show Look 3

Pair 4 – Show Look 4

Pair 5 – Show Look 5

Pair 6 – Show Look 6

Pair 7 – Show Look 7

Pair 8 – Show Look 8

Pair 9 – Show Look 9

Pair 10 – Show Look 11

Pair 11 – Show Look 13

Pair 12 – Show Look 16

Pair 13 – Show Look 18

Pair 14 – Show Look 19

Pair 15 – Show Look 20

Pair 16 – Show Look 21

Pair 17 – Show Look 40

Pair 18 – Show Look 41 

Pair 19 – Show Look 42

Pair 20 – Show Look 45

All show photos copyright: Marcio Madeira / Indigital.tv

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