Alexander McQueen

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He bedecked his models in myriad weird accessories to deter potential predators: silvery thorns, Manga-inspired fibreglass helmets, giant antlers underneath a bridal veil, a pony-skin jacket adorned with curved tusks like a gazelle’s.

When he arrived in Paris as head designer at Givenchy in 1996, venerable couturiers were astonished at his technique, his dexterity with hems and seams, something he had learned during an apprenticeship on Savile Row. It was tempting to jump right in and just look at the pictures, but I'm glad I read the preface and introduction first - they were crucial for background and context on McQueen's life and work. There’s something kind of Edgar Allan Poe,’ he once observed, ‘kind of deep and kind of melancholic about my collections.From his Central Saint Martins postgraduate collection of 1992 to his final runway presentation, which took place after his death in February 2010, Mr. Janet, who had no idea that her husband was abusing her little brother, remained close to McQueen all his life, almost like a second mother. Can we first off just praise the cover I mean unique, which is a way of describing the designer as well.

The ‘Armadillo’ boot created a form entirely without apparent reference to the natural anatomy of the foot, the scaly surface of designs rendered in python skin invoking the armoured shell of the animal after which the shoe was named.If you are in/near NYC and can catch it before August 7th, I recommend the "Savage Beauty" exhibit highly.

At the age of nine or 10, McQueen started to be sexually abused by a violent man – Terence Anthony Huyler – who was married to his sister Janet. McQueen's romantic sensibility propelled his creativity and advanced his fashion in directions both unimagined and unprecedented. The installation curated by Andrew Bolton at the Metropolitan Museum of Art is absolutely wonderful, astonishing, extraordinary!

Alexander fue un genio de la moda y creatividad, su imagen de enfant terrible y estilo romántico gótico lo convirtió en el favorito de grandes artistas de la talla de Lady Gaga, así como de figuras respetadas de la alta costura como Tom Ford o Anna Wintour. It was as if McQueen was taking the idea of armour a stage further, embedding the protection within the skin itself. Drawn primarily from the Alexander McQueen Archive in London, with some pieces from the Givenchy Archive in Paris as well as private collections, signature designs including the "bumster" trouser, the kimono jacket, and the three-point "origami" frock coat will be on view.

Huber, Shanay Jhaveri, Ronda Kasl, Wolfram Koeppe, Elizabeth Mankin Kornhauser, Brinda Kumar, Donald J. The young McQueen also watched powerless on several occasions when Janet was beaten or half-strangled by Huyler. The book’s popularity is a testament to McQueen’s talent, originality, and creativity, as well as Andrew Bolton’s insight and vision. His uses of fabric and elements not usually considered wearable resulted in very bizarre and at the same time hauntingly beautiful creations that, placed on mannequins, could be considered sculptures. As with any works of art in The Met collection, the staff preserves and protects all accessioned costumes from deterioration.For McQueen’s work to be on display there as a now-established part of British fashion history feels like a homecoming, even if London was a place where his talent was not always appreciated. There is, however, one fact about McQueen’s life that emerges from Andrew Wilson’s biography as a possible key to his creative vision as well as to his final depression.