Alexander McQueen: Savage Beauty

Highland Rape, Autumn/Winter 1995—1996
"What the British did there was nothing short of genocide," the late designer said of England's history of incursions into Scotland (specifically the bloody eighteenth—century Battle of Culloden). McQueen, who was of Scottish descent, referred to that "rape" in this collection, which sent bloody, bruised and semi—naked models down the runway in ripped clothes.

• Photos: New York Fashion Week 2011