athrine Gleason and Simon Collins explain McQueen’s interpretation of Plato’s Atlantis in their book Alexander McQueen: Evolution (2012):
“Foreseeing a time when the polar ice caps have melted and the seas have risen, McQueen predicts a future in which humans, with the aid of bio-engineering, reverse evolution and return to the sea from which life came. “Plato’s Atlantis,” the title of the show, refers to the legendary island described by the classical Greek philosopher as having sunk beneath the sea. McQueen explains that this show is based on fantasy, myth, and legend.” (205)
The beginning of the runway show started with a video made by Nick Night featuring model Raquel Zimmerman laying nude with snakes moving across her body. The video then shifted to a collage of different snake-like reptiles–a pattern similar to the one