Paris Fashion Week: Alexander McQueen, Chalayan, Viktor & Rolf

Alexander McQueen

McQueen’s runway show, an absurdist piece of theater with a touch of gallows humor, sent up the fashion system. Cartoon versions of fashion classics were on display, mixing the beautiful with the grotesque, including this reimagining of the little black dress done in a tangled mess of trash bags.  (Francois Guillot / AFP / Getty Images)