Honeybees, with a sting, at McQueen show in Paris
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Models present creations by British designer Sarah Burton as part of her Spring/Summer 2013 women's ready-to-wear fashion show for fashion house Alexander McQueen during Paris Fashion Week on Oct 2, 2012. -- PHOTO: REUTERS
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A model wears a creation by British designer Sarah Burton for Alexander McQueen as part of the ready to wear Spring-Summer 2013 collection, in Paris, Tuesday, on Oct. 2, 2012. -- PHOTO: AP
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A model wears a creation by British designer Sarah Burton for Alexander McQueen as part of the ready to wear Spring-Summer 2013 collection, in Paris, Tuesday, on Oct 2, 2012. -- PHOTO: AP
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Models present creations by British designer Sarah Burton as part of her Spring/Summer 2013 women's ready-to-wear fashion show for fashion house Alexander McQueen during Paris fashion week on Oct 2, 2012. -- PHOTO: REUTERS
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Models present creations by British designer Sarah Burton as part of her Spring/Summer 2013 women's ready-to-wear fashion show for fashion house Alexander McQueen during Paris Fashion Week on Oct 2, 2012. -- PHOTO: REUTERS
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Models present creations for Alexander McQueen during the Spring/Summer 2013 ready-to-wear collection show on Oct 2, 2012 in Paris. -- PHOTO: AFP
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A model presents a creation by British designer Sarah Burton as part of her Spring/Summer 2013 women's ready-to-wear fashion show for fashion house Alexander McQueen during Paris Fashion Week on Oct 2, 2012. -- PHOTO: REUTERS
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A model presents a creation for Alexander McQueen during the Spring/Summer 2013 ready-to-wear collection show on Oct 2, 2012 in Paris. -- PHOTO: AFP
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A model presents a creation for Alexander McQueen during the Spring/Summer 2013 ready-to-wear collection show on Oct 2, 2012 in Paris. -- PHOTO: AFP
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A model presents a creation for Alexander McQueen during the Spring/Summer 2013 ready-to-wear collection show on Oct 2, 2012 in Paris. -- PHOTO: AFP
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Models present creations by British designer Sarah Burton as part of her Spring/Summer 2013 women's ready-to-wear fashion show for fashion house Alexander McQueen during Paris fashion week on Oct 2, 2012. -- PHOTO: REUTERS
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British designer Sarah Burton appears at the end of her Spring/Summer 2013 women's ready-to-wear fashion show for fashion house Alexander McQueen during Paris Fashion Week on Oct 2, 2012. -- PHOTO: REUTERS
Models present creations by British designer Sarah Burton as part of her Spring/Summer 2013 women's ready-to-wear fashion show for fashion house Alexander McQueen during Paris Fashion Week on Oct 2, 2012. -- PHOTO: REUTERS
A model wears a creation by British designer Sarah Burton for Alexander McQueen as part of the ready to wear Spring-Summer 2013 collection, in Paris, Tuesday, on Oct. 2, 2012. -- PHOTO: AP
A model wears a creation by British designer Sarah Burton for Alexander McQueen as part of the ready to wear Spring-Summer 2013 collection, in Paris, Tuesday, on Oct 2, 2012. -- PHOTO: AP
Models present creations by British designer Sarah Burton as part of her Spring/Summer 2013 women's ready-to-wear fashion show for fashion house Alexander McQueen during Paris fashion week on Oct 2, 2012. -- PHOTO: REUTERS
Models present creations by British designer Sarah Burton as part of her Spring/Summer 2013 women's ready-to-wear fashion show for fashion house Alexander McQueen during Paris Fashion Week on Oct 2, 2012. -- PHOTO: REUTERS
Models present creations for Alexander McQueen during the Spring/Summer 2013 ready-to-wear collection show on Oct 2, 2012 in Paris. -- PHOTO: AFP
A model presents a creation by British designer Sarah Burton as part of her Spring/Summer 2013 women's ready-to-wear fashion show for fashion house Alexander McQueen during Paris Fashion Week on Oct 2, 2012. -- PHOTO: REUTERS
A model presents a creation for Alexander McQueen during the Spring/Summer 2013 ready-to-wear collection show on Oct 2, 2012 in Paris. -- PHOTO: AFP
A model presents a creation for Alexander McQueen during the Spring/Summer 2013 ready-to-wear collection show on Oct 2, 2012 in Paris. -- PHOTO: AFP
A model presents a creation for Alexander McQueen during the Spring/Summer 2013 ready-to-wear collection show on Oct 2, 2012 in Paris. -- PHOTO: AFP
Models present creations by British designer Sarah Burton as part of her Spring/Summer 2013 women's ready-to-wear fashion show for fashion house Alexander McQueen during Paris fashion week on Oct 2, 2012. -- PHOTO: REUTERS
British designer Sarah Burton appears at the end of her Spring/Summer 2013 women's ready-to-wear fashion show for fashion house Alexander McQueen during Paris Fashion Week on Oct 2, 2012. -- PHOTO: REUTERS
PARIS (AFP) - Honeycomb dresses, insect-like visors and caramel corsets cinching their waists, designer Sarah Burton sent a procession of queen bees buzzing into Paris at the Alexander McQueen spring-summer show on Tuesday.
Guests waiting for the show to begin were greeted by a giant screen with nature footage that morphed and spun kaleidoscope-like into the symmetrical patterns beloved of the designer.
As a soundtrack, an insistent hum which turned out to be the buzz of a bee hive, as Ms Burton built her whole collection around that timeless symbol of spring - adding in a wry commentary on women-as-candy as she went.
For these were no sugar babes: the look was edgy and raw as the first models stepped out in structured little jackets in a black and gold honeycomb motif, flared hips and waists strangled in rigid belts of a honey-like caramel hue.
