Even in Death
By Eva Medoff, May 3rd, 2010
Leave it to Alexander McQueen to create sunglasses featuring a skull with diamonds in the eye sockets—macabre and beautiful all at once. The late designer had used the skull motif since the spring of 2003, and it has popped up on scarves, clutches and the like ever since. The posthumous fall/winter collection marks the first time the skull has appeared on McQueen eyewear—both a chilling reminder of McQueen’s genius and a symbol of human mortality.