Bodysuits for the skinny minnies

I could only wear this if I had done several rounds of tequila shots and lost all my public inhibitions am decidedly not the type of person who could wear this bodysuit without feeling desperately self-conscious, but part of me (the masochistic instinct) likes this look somewhat. I can sort of see where Alexander McQueen is going with this - it combines the idea of protective body armor (scuba gear or spacesuit) with the naked, obvious vulnerability of exposing the body itself. The model appears as strong as a new age space cadet, and as defenseless as an acrobat suspended in the air, without a net. The play on significations and contradictory suggestions is, admittedly, interesting.

However, as appealing as the theoretical explorations of this ensemble happen to be, it's an entirely unwearable piece of art. I mean, you'd practically have to get naked just to use the loo, and it presents an abominably unrealistic expectation of what a woman's body ought to look like - flat of stomach, trim of thigh, protruding of hipbone, and all around reed thin. I can see this being layered under, say, a diaphanous high waisted skirt, but by itself, it makes the model look like a very big orange salamander.

Not to mention, if you wore such an outfit, you'd run the risk of alienating everyone around you. No matter how many protestations of "but it's McQueen" you sputtered, you'd still be wearing a bodysuit in public, and that may - the some people - be labeled as arrogant and overly self-certain inappropriate.