Following one of his most theatrical
presentations to date, McQueen introduced ‘Pantheon As Lecum’ (which can be
seen in full here) by announcing that he had decided to forgo the theatrics for
this collection and focus purely on design. It is true that there’s no huge concept
behind his A/W 2004 show (which is rare), but the aesthetics are as gorgeous as
ever and the show also, ironically, produced one of the most recognisable
runway images of McQueen’s career. The staging was still as spectacular as
ever, with the runway becoming an enormous glowing landing pad complete with
spaceship. Gigantic video screens projected footage taken from space
interspersed with videos of meteors and accompanied by a techno soundtrack – it
was instantly clear that McQueen had gone galactic.
