Ghost of a flea

Fashion's royalty paid their last respects to the late designer Alexander McQueen yesterday in an incredible parade of his creations.

Supermodels Naomi Campbell and Kate Moss joined actress Sarah Jessica Parker, designer Stella McCartney and American Vogue editor Anna Wintour for the moving ceremony at St Paul's Cathedral in London.

Unsurprisingly, Icelandic singer Bjork — who first wore McQueen on an album cover at the height of her popularity — did not choose a subdued look. Dressed in giant angel wings and a silver helmet, she performed a haunting song called “Gloomy Sunday,” also known as “the Hungarian suicide song,” which talks in the first person about deciding “to end it all.”

“My heart and I have decided to end it all,” sang Bjork. “Soon there’ll be prayers and candles are lit, I know. Let them not weep, let them know, I’m glad to go.