Savage Beauty- The Begininning or End to an Era?

No one likes the idea or even the reality of death, but it is something one must come to terms with eventually. Unfortunately, Alexander McQueen was taken into its arms in February of 2010. He once said, "It is important to look at death because it is a part of life. It is a sad thing, melancholy but romantic at the same time. It is the end of a cycle- everything has to end. The cycle of life is positive because it gives room for new things." His work is like an Edgar Allan Poe writing, with influences from different periods of art and different cultural aspects. From what I can gather of his life from interviews with the ones he once knew, and his work, I understand that he was a very mysterious genius. Darkly creative, easily inspired, he captured the world with his art turned fashion. He captivated the crowd in one of his most remarkable fashion shows for his spring/ summer 1999 collection No. 13. Shalom Harlow was the model to watch in this particular show. On his runway was a circular turntable with two specially designed robots on either side of her. when she stopped on this turntable of sorts, it began to spin, and the robots began to sense the being of another creature. As she spun, these robots started to awaken, and as they did they sprayed paint, one yellow, one black. This was one of McQueen's most spectacular moments in a runway show. The question we must ask ourselves now: Is this a beginning or an end for a fashion takeover? The answer is yet to be defined, but with a revolution already started, it is beyond me why we wouldn't divulge further into the risk-taking world that is art-crested fashion.