
Submerged in a dreamlike waterscape, McQueen unveils the Manta bag in a campaign that feels both otherworldly and unmistakably alive.
By Amelia Whearty, April 2026
Captured through the lens of renowned photographer Tim Walker, the latest visual instalment plunges beneath the surface, where light fractures and forms dissolve into fluid motion. Suspended in this aquatic realm, the sea-creature-inspired silhouette glides with quiet authority, its presence rippling through the depths, at once ethereal and commanding.
Originally conceived as part of McQueen’s Spring Summer 2010 Plato’s Atlantis collection, the De Manta bag emerges once more, reborn as the Manta. Rooted in one of the house’s most visionary narratives, its legacy is reimagined for a contemporary landscape defined by precision and transformation.
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