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Alexander McQueen existed in his own fantastical orbit - which made for some spectacular shoes.
Redefining Hardware
A striking blue bootie with a steely heel from the Spring 2010 collection.
A Vintage Print
Canvas and metal platform pumps from the Spring 2010 collection
Lobster Claw Couture
One of McQueen's jaw-dropping "Armadillo" shoes from his Spring 2010 collection
Walk, Walk, Fashion Baby
Alexander McQueen's "Armadillo" shoes are not available for purchase, although Lady Gaga, Daphne Guinness, and Kelis have all been spotted wearing them.
Monstrously Beautiful
It's not likely that these metallic blue platform pumps from the Spring 2010 collection were particularly comfortable, but they were unlike anything ever seen before.
The Loveliest Torture
These silver platform pumps were featured in McQueen's Spring 2010 collection.
Deep Sea Reptile
McQueen welcomed the bold and bizarre, with his Spring 2010 collection drawing inspirations from his love of scuba diving and reptile skins.
Moth's Eye View
Several sources claim these shoes are impossible to walk in, but heiress Daphne Guinness said she had no problem attending a gala in a nude version.
A Dangerous Glint
From a distance, these McQueen armadillo heels look as if they are encrusted in crystals. They are actually shining shards of metal.
Snake Appeal
Don't expect to see any lobster-claw shaped knockoffs on Steve Madden's shelves anytime soon. What, exactly, does one wear with such a shoe?
Buckled Bootie
A buckled claw-shaped bootie from the Spring 2010 presentation. A few models refused to walk in the show over safety concerns posed by these shoes.
Metal Mosaic
McQueen's runway shoes are so very rare, they're likely to be treated like works of art. See the magnificent craftsmanship on this metallic mosaic bootie.
Bizarre Fragility
Another pair of "Armadillo" shoes from the Alexander McQueen Spring 2010 collection. The shoe appears to be inlaid with slivers of gold metal.
Walking on Pearl
The pearlized ivory claw heels used in the Spring 2010 RTW presentation were particularly striking, and marvelously innovative. Hopefully they'll soon end up in a modern art museum.
Black, White, and Bold
Only Alexander McQueen would have his models take to a shattered glass runway in preposterous (and magnificent) bold houndstooth platform boots. The models looked as if they had been sewn into their shoes at his Fall 2009 RTW presentation.
Creped and Crinkled
Other pieces featured in the Fall 2009 presentation resembled Mary Janes wrapped carefully in crepe paper - to beautiful effect, of course.
As If Carved From Stone
Models wore these sparkling leather platform booties over leather tights, which gave the illusion of a full-leg boot with a shining Mary Jane strap.
Many of the pieces in Alexander McQueen's Fall 2009 presentation looked like bizarro reiterations of classic pieces - like these impossibly tall and controured Mary Janes.
Over-the-knee boots have been in high demand this winter, but none looked quite so precarious as these space-age leather contraptions from the Fall 2009 presentation.
With these paillette-embellished ankle boots, McQueen seemed to be hinting at the grand drama to come in his Spring 2010 presentation.
A pair of intricately embroidered leather platform boots from the Fall 2009 collection.
McQueen had his own innovative approach to the hardware trend, although he probably wasn't aware the trend even existed (he didn't seem to pay them much atttention, anyway).
Like so many of Alexander McQueen's pieces, these painstakingly feathered platform heels were too beautiful and fragile to be worn anywhere but the runway.
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