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The hair and make-up on the runway is often very experimental. Creative freedom combines with eclectic visions from designers to bring together the ultimate fantasy. Runway Retrospectives is a column that explores some of the most legendary catwalk beauty looks of all time. WHO For Alexander McQueen’s Spring 1997 collection, the designer presented one of his most dramatic fantasies yet. Inspired by German artist Hans Bellmer, who rearranged toy dolls to create surreally strange works of art, McQueen sent models down the runway in low-cut pants, tight suiting elements and macabre shift dresses that were translucent, fringed and uniquely dyed. “The vision was when Jesus walks on water, but I sort of lost the plot a bit and went somewhere else,” McQueen...