Which designer created the 1999 runway dress sprayed onto Shalom Harlow by robotic paint guns?

Alexander McQueen created the 1999 runway dress sprayed onto Shalom Harlow by robotic paint guns.

The performance appeared at McQueen's spring-summer 1999 show, titled No. 13, in London. Model Shalom Harlow stood on a rotating platform while two industrial robots sprayed yellow and black paint onto a white strapless dress. The process transformed the garment during the live presentation.

The scene became one of McQueen's most famous runway moments because it blurred fashion, performance art and industrial technology. Harlow's movements and the machines created a carefully staged contrast between human vulnerability and mechanical force.

The dress was not a conventional printed design produced in advance. Its visible surface was created in front of the audience, which is why descriptions often call it a spray-painted or robot-painted dress. The event is also sometimes confused with McQueen's other theatrical shows, including Plato's Atlantis from 2010.