The Dictator rules: What? Like collaborations between artists and designers are something new? Ever heard of Salvador Dali? He and designer Elsa Schiaparelli created some of the most iconic pieces in the history of fashion. Paul Poiret sought inspiration from the works of Raoul Dufy. Yves Saint Laurent had his Piet Mondrian collection in the 1960s. Were you in a coma for all the Marc Jacobs-era Louis Vuitton collections with Takashi Murakami, Stephen Sprouse, Richard Prince and Yayoi Kusama? Some would say, anyway, that certain fashion designers elevate their work to the level of art, both in their creations and in their presentations to the public. And it goes both ways. At Art Basel Miami Beach earlier this month, we saw fashion objects and lifestyle products by Tracey Emin, Doug Schwartz, Wim Delvoye, Todd James and even Yves Klein (from his archives). OK, rant over. Alexander McQueen has celebrated the 10th anniversary of its famous skull scarf with a limitededition collection in collaboration with Damien Hirst, he of the formaldehyde shark and diamondencrusted skull. Designs include skulls and some of Hirst’s recurring motifs such as butterflies and insects. The cashmere range comes in 56.4-inch squares and includes 11 different patterns (HK$9,100 each). In the same size, you could choose from eight versions in silk chiffon (HK$4,900), or seven prints in silk pongee (HK$5,100). There are also four patterns in the 35.1-inch squared silk twill (HK$4,000; all available at Alexander McQueen, Elements, 1 Austin Road West, Kowloon, tel: 2649 3098).