Easily my favorite designer ever, Alexander McQueen was truly a fashion genius. Though he committed suicide tragically in 2010, his designs live on as some of the darkest, most incredible creations to have ever graced the runways. I’ve always found it fascinating how he allowed his demons to influence his collections, so I’ve decided to take moments from his masterfully ominous shows that I believe truly capture the moods of quarantine, finals, and missing college.
Please enjoy my silly bit of fun.
When all you want to do is enjoy the nice weather but you’re forced to stay in because of quarantine:
!["Voss," Spring/Summer 2011](http://smulook.com/wp-content/uploads/2020/05/Voss-Shift-London.jpg)
Showing up to Zoom lectures like:
![A hologram of Kate Moss plays at the designer's Fall/Winter 2006 show.](http://smulook.com/wp-content/uploads/2020/05/McQueen-Hologram-Bon.se_.jpg)
When professors hit you with more work because “you have nothing better to do in quarantine”:
![The infamous "paint dress," spray painted live at the Spring/Summer 1999 show while the model was spun on around on a stand.](http://smulook.com/wp-content/uploads/2020/05/McQueen-machine-paint.jpg)
Preparing yourself for finals like:
Ignoring the three essays I have due:
![A model wears bird wings and a feather-adorned dress in McQueens, "The Birds" show, Spring/Summer 1995.](http://smulook.com/wp-content/uploads/2020/05/McQueen-the-vamoose-680x1024.jpg)
Wearing your jungle outfit around the house because you’re sad and it’s a departure from loungewear for once:
![A model walks in the designer&squot;s Fall/Winter 1997 show, "It&squot;s a Jungle Out There."](http://smulook.com/wp-content/uploads/2020/05/McQueen-FAD-Magazine.jpg)
Waking up and walking downstairs to face another day of reconciling with the fact that the nightmare of COVID-19 is still not over:
![A model walks in McQueen&squot;s infamous Fall/Winter 2009 show, "The Horn of Plenty," one of the designer&squot;s darkest collections.](http://smulook.com/wp-content/uploads/2020/05/Met-Museum-McQueen.jpg)
My mind when I try to focus on any schoolwork for longer than five minutes:
![A model wears a butterfly headpiece in the designer&squot;s Spring/Summer 2008 show, "La Dame Bleue."](http://smulook.com/wp-content/uploads/2020/05/McQueen-The-Guardian.jpeg)
When professors don’t show up to their office hours or answer the emails you send them:
![From the designer&squot;s Fall/Winter 2009 show, "Horn of Plenty."](http://smulook.com/wp-content/uploads/2020/05/McQueen-Tumblr.jpg)
Me, teetering through finals week:
![A model walks in the infamous "armadillo" shoes in McQueen&squot;s Spring/Summer 2010 show, "Plato&squot;s Atlantis."](http://smulook.com/wp-content/uploads/2020/05/McQueen-Dazed.jpg)
Realizing that nope, you still can’t go outside:
![From the designer&squot;s Spring/Summer 2001 show, "Voss."](http://smulook.com/wp-content/uploads/2020/05/British-Vogue-Voss-683x1024.jpeg)
Trying to package my garbage ideas and rubbish thesis into a pretty essay:
![A model walks the "Horn of Plenty" runway in a dress made of garbage bags and a coat made of bubblewrap.](http://smulook.com/wp-content/uploads/2020/05/McQueen-pinterest-trash-bag.jpg)
Turning in my term paper and daring my professor to criticize it:
![The iconic gold feather coat in the designer&squot;s final collection, "Angels and Demons," Fall/Winter 2010.](http://smulook.com/wp-content/uploads/2020/05/McQueen-Twitter-Gold.jpg)
When you finally finish all of your exams and realize that even if you don’t do well you can just take the S:
![A model walks in a rainbow feathered dress in McQueen's Spring/Summer 2003 show.](http://smulook.com/wp-content/uploads/2020/05/McQueen-Instyle-first-AnOther-.jpeg)