“And you know, the fact is, nobody knew that they were prosthetic legs. They were the star of the show - these wooden boots peeking out from under this raffia dress - but in fact, they were actually legs made for me.”
Aimee Mullins, on her look in the Alexander McQueen S/S 1999 show.
I remember seeing this. They were so beautiful as boots, but it was also so beautiful that they were her legs. Who else could have thought of this other than Alexander McQueen?
these are so gorgeous oh my god.
Photo of the Day: The Daily Show’s Jon Stewart (then Jon Leibowitz) as a young College of William & Mary student moshing at a Dead Kennedys show at Casablanca in Richmond, VA, c. 1982.
Photo by Irish Willis Peele.
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(Alvin Lederer Collection)