Plato’s Atlantis presented distinctive, conceptual footwear designs, including the now-iconic “Armadillo” boot. The collection’s “Titanic” shoe design with “Meccano” heels (shown here in a black ballerina style) references the famous ocean liner sunk by an iceberg, a reminder of nature’s might as humanity faces rising seas. Los Angeles artist Michael Schmidt honors the collection’s message and towering silhouettes, re-creating the “Armadillo” boot shape (and runway hairstyles) using materials relevant to Plato’s Atlantis themes of pollution and global warming, recycling discarded cellophane candy wrappers, plastic six-pack rings, and CDs into mannequins that pay tribute to McQueen’s vision.