Accordian pleats, bejewelled bodices and extravagant cascading sleeves During Paris Fashion week, Alexander McQueen collection was High Church meets Ballets Russes meets Virgin Queen - and the most ornate and incredible theatrical spectacular. It was simply like watching moving history.Staggeringly beautiful and exquisitely framed, the dressed included pearls, white gloves that only covered the fingers, extensively pleated or festooned collars that turned essentially into caged crinolines for the face and elaborate costume gowns that it really wouldn't have been a surprise to look up and see one of Henry VIII's wives taking a turn in, such was the fashion fantasy so incredibly re-enacted.
 The workmanship that goes into such as collection is clearly magical with stealthy accordian pleats, the bejewelled bodices and the extravagant cascading sleeves that were all just right for Tudor court - was mind-boggling. History remade in Burton's own exhibition.
 Stunning, it really was and a world - or rather centuries - away from fashion today. You couldn’t have found a better successor to Alexander McQueen, Sarah Burton truly is the ruling queen of the fashion world.