A metallic helmet adds flair to a fur coat designed by McQueen for Givenchy’s ready-to-wear fall/winter 1998-99 show in Paris. (Pierre Verdy / AFP/Getty Images)
British model Erin O’Connor in a McQueen creation for his spring/summer 2001 collection at Fashion Week in London. (Hugo Philpott / AFP/Getty Images)
One of McQueen’s designs for the spring/summer 2002 ready-to-wear collection in Paris. (Pierre Verdy / AFP/Getty Images)
From the fall/winter 2003-04 ready-to-wear collection in Paris. (Jean-Pierre Muller / AFP/Getty Images)
From the fall/winter 2004-05 collection at Fashion Week in Paris. (Francois Guillot / AFP/Getty Images)
Frrom the designer’s “Black” fashion show in London in 2004. (Nicholas Asfouri / AFP/Getty Images)
From the fall/winter 2006-07 ready-to-wear collection in Paris. (Francois Guillot / AFP/Getty Images)
From the fall/winter 2007-08 ready-to-wear collection show in Paris. (Francois Guillot / AFP/Getty Images)
From the spring-summer 2008 ready-to-wear collection in Paris. (Jacques Brinon / Associated Press)
From the fall/winter 2008 collection at Paris Fashion Week. (Kirk McKoy / Los Angeles Times)
From the spring/summer 2009 collection at Paris’ Fashion Week. (Kirk McKoy / Los Angeles Times)
From the spring/summer 2009 collection at Paris Fashion Week. (Kirk McKoy / Los Angeles Times)
From the fall/winter 2008-09 ready-to-wear collection in Paris. (Jacques Brinon / Associated Press)
From the fall/winter 2009 ready-to-wear collection show in Paris. (Francois Guillot / AFP/Getty Images)
From the fall/winter 2009 ready-to-wear collection in Paris. (Francois Guillot / AFP/Getty Images)
From the spring/summer 2010 ready-to-wear collection in Paris. (Michel Euler / Associated Press)
From the fall/winter 2010-11 menswear collection in Milan. (Damien Meyer / AFP/Getty Images)