ONE SMALL SEED MAGAZINE Issue #27 Digital 02 | Page 45

Two mega-power houses – the Alexander McQueen
fashion house and Damien Hirst – collaborated in
2013 to create a limited edition collection of 30
scarves in celebration of the Skull Scarf’s 10th
Anniversary. Alexander McQueen and Damien Hirst
hardly need any introduction – the late Alexander
McQueen described himself as the start of the 21st
century, while Hirst claims that he sold his diamondset platinum skull, entitled For the Love of God (2007),
for £50 million.
Each piece of wearable art boasts a once-off pattern
comprised of thousands of brilliantly coloured insects
sprawling intricately into woven form. The images
were adapted from Hirst’s Entomology Paintings
(2009), and integrated into each design to create a
kaleidoscopic vision of geometric shapes ultimately
forming McQueen’s signature skull. These garments
are the physical embodiment of their vision by
combining symmetrical patterns with references to
the natural world.