Planet Earth, a wake up call

I've been somewhat under the weather and have been able to put in a few hours watching the BBC Planet Earth series, again and it made me want to take another look at Alexander McQueen's Spring 2010 collection "Plato's Atlantis", his final full collection.

These looks must be the closest to capturing nature's colorful, dramatic, delicate, powerful perfection that a man-made object, certainly an item of clothing, can achieve.

The Planet Earth series is breath-taking with a large undercurrent of sadness as you learn how few animals in certain species remain. It's not the most joyful viewing but like this collection it has a melancholic beauty. If only we'd listen more intently to these wake up calls.