The show marked a return to theatricality for McQueen, whose shows in the preceding two seasons had been comparatively conventional. It was dedicated to Isabella Blow, McQueen's friend and muse. The collection's runway show was staged on 3 March 2006 during Paris Fashion Week. Historical elements reflected the fashion of the late Victorian era and the 1950s. Widows makes extensive use of the McQueen family tartan and traditional gamekeeper's tweeds, as well as other elements taken from Highland dress. It is named for the widows of the Battle of Culloden (1746), often seen as a major conflict between Scotland and England. Widows was inspired by his Scottish ancestry and is regarded as one of his most autobiographical collections. The Widows of Culloden ( Scottish Gaelic: Bantraich de cuil lodair) is the twenty-eighth collection of the British fashion designer Alexander McQueen, made for the Autumn/Winter 2006 season of his eponymous fashion house. Look 47, colloquially known as the Widow's Weeds, a full-length ivory gown in silk tulle and lace with an antlered headdress, worn here by model Raquel Zimmerman in the original runway show
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