Whether discussing William Faulkner's stream of consciousness or Dr. Sam Harris' manifesto on lying, Krista was always keen to outline tips and tricks for how to get words on paper. And she insisted on serving her university students with a broad-brushstroke approach to the world of high-brow everything. One prominent point in her eclectic method of getting students to write is that fashion is art. Full stop. Sadly, not every child is introduced to "The September Issue" at a young age; thus, serving videos such as Lady Gaga's "Life in Looks," à la British Vogue, offered Krista's students approval for a creative outlet they may very well be passionate about but had yet to receive validation. Here, Mother Monster discusses an Alexander McQueen gown from his last collection (S/S 2010), noting the recreated feathers + Armadillo heels. The show, titled "Plato's Atlantis," would be Lee’s couture crescendo before the world lost one of the greatest fashion designers of all time. Click on the photo to watch the 2021 video.
“This dress in particular, it does actually represent a lot of what I love about [McQueen]…This is a Bosch print, and if you know anything about Bosch art, there’s this violence and these tiny little odd things that are happening that too many are grotesque and ugly and wrong and somehow he found beauty in these things. And that was a piece of him and he celebrated women, and he celebrated all types of women.” -Lady Gaga
