‘To have a face covered with flowers like a heavenly garden would indeed be a wonderful thing,’ #ElsaSchiaparelli. She once took flower seeds and sowed them in her ears, mouth and nose in the hope she would blossom into a beauty. Lee Alexander McQueen loved and related to this; we think they’d both admire @MichaelSchmidtStudios’ headdress for The Widows of Culloden’s Look 15. See it in #NGVMcQueen, tickets at ngv.melbourne/mcqueen 1: Installation view of Headpiece by Michael Schmidt on display in Alexander McQueen: Mind, Mythos, Muse at NGV International from 11 December 2022 - 16 April 2023. Photo: Michael Pham. 2: Installation view of Look 50, ballgown from The Widows of Culloden collection autumn winter 2006-07 on display in Alexander McQueen: Mind, Mythos, Muse at NGV International from 11 December 2022 - 16 April 2023. Headpieces by Michael Schmidt Photo: Michael Pham