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portrayed bullfighting as a metaphor for life and death, while Deliverance (Spring/Summer 2004) presented an allegorical “dance t the death” inspired by the film They Shoot Horses, Don’t They? Citing Stanley Kubrick’s Barry Lyndon, mourning, and Dutch floral still life’s, Sarabande (Spring/Summer 2007) finds beauty in the inevitability of decay. The designer’s final completed collection, Plato’s Atlantis (Spring /Summer 2010), imagines a world consumed by the ocean, the place where life originated – and, McQueen suggested, would continue.

Technique and Innovation demonstrates McQueen’s masterful abilities in garment construction. His collections consistently drew upon formative years spent apprenticing as a tailor on Sevile Row. In his dressmaking, complex garment patterns emerge, informed by skillful cutting abilities and a tactile sensitivity in draping. Mixing form with function and history with innovation, McQueen regularly drew upon Western costume history, refashioning men’s and women’s dress, textiles, and embellishments from eras ranging from the Renaissance and the Enlightenment to the Belle Époque and the Jazz Age. This thoughtful attention to detail was also applied to the designer’s incentive fabrics and surface treatments. McQueen incorporated emerging technologies such as laser-cutting and digital printing that have had a lasting impact on the fashion industry.

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n 2015, Lola Tash teamed up with her sisters, Gina and Nora, and childhood best friend Nicole Argiris to create one of the fastest-growing Instagram accounts in history, @MyTherapistSays. The super-popular account - made up of aggregated and original memes - drew in 500,000 followers in the first six months. Today, that number stands at 7.5 million. The movement has spawned three other popular accounts: @mystylesays, @mybestiesays, and @mytherapisthelps. In 2020, the girls put out a book, My Therapist Says: Advice You Should Probably (Not) Follow - a humorous guide to life that includes funny memes, checklists, prompts, questions from readers, and more.“The four of us fit seamlessly to create the ‘My Therapist Says’ voice, as we all represent a different perspective and time in a person’s life,” Lola Tash tells INLOVE. “It’s important to us that our audience feels heard, seen, and represented both in the mental health community and in the humorous memes we provide.”

INLOVE: How did the spin-offs happen?

Lola Tash: The spin-offs were quite organic, as we had other interests and points we wanted to cover, so we started delving into more personalized accounts that represented our personalities.

INLOVE: What made you reveal the anonymity behind the account?

Lola Tash: The necessity of the reveal, for us, was that we wanted to show that girls, who were severely underrepresented in the meme community at that time, could also be clever and funny. Comedy as a whole tends to favor men, so it was important that we encouraged other women and girls to pursue it freely and openly by exemplifying that it was not impossible.

INLOVE: What was the milestone moment that blew everything up for you?

Lola Tash: The milestone moment was when Gucci flew us out to Baselworld in Switzerland to talk on a panel about our collaboration with them for their watch collection.