Alexander McQueen: Savage Beauty (Fashion Studies)

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But if that still isn’t enough time for you to get down to see it, the next best thing to a New York City jaunt is the definitive monograph, Alexander McQueen: Savage Beauty. His clothing both challenged and expanded the conventional parameters of fashion to express ideas about culture, politics, and identity. His designs were all about the curves and angles of the fabric on a woman’s body, front frills and flaps, and everything he did was multi-dimensional: vividly 3D with deep stories and intense feelings lurking.

McQueen had a background in tailoring before he studied fashion and embarked on a career as a designer. 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.Published on the occasion of an exhibition organized by the Metropolitan Museum's Costume Institute, this stunning book includes a preface by curator Andrew Bolton; an introduction by Susannah Frankel; an interview with Sarah Burton, creative director of the house of Alexander McQueen, conducted by Tim Blanks; and illuminating commentary from the designer himself. The clothes in this collection are visually stunning and completely bizarre and unlike anything I've seen before—8-inch heels that appear to be carved out of bone, a kaleidoscope of abstracted snake print, and a painstakingly detailed iridescent scaled bodysuit, complete with alien, hoof-shaped shoes. McQueen was always my favorite designer, back in the days I got Vogue, and the incredible photos in this book show why.

McQueen was an iconoclast who used fashion as a means to communicate his artistic sensibilities and he delighted in controversy as a way to conjure emotion from viewers. Alexander McQueen is my favourite fashion designer, with competition from Gareth Pugh, Vivienne Westwood, and Thierry Mugler. Huber, Mellissa and Karen Van Godtsenhoven, with contributions by Amanda Garfinkel, Jessica Regan, Elizabeth Shaeffer, and Elizabeth Way, a preface by Andrew Bolton, and photography by Anna-Marie Kellen. The exhibition catalog—with its gorgeous images placed alongside provocative, incisive, and often puzzling conversational quotes from the designer himself—makes for an interesting way to get a peek at the show . Tomó las riendas de la casa Givenchy cuando sustituyó a John Galliano y su fama se disparó con sus pasarelas tan intensas, teatrales e innovadoras, totalmente avant-garde para la época.What really struck me about his art (moving pieces on humans) was the pain he felt, transformed by sharp relief into beauty. Also included is a pretty personal interview with Sarah Burton, current Creative Director of Alexander McQueen and the lady behind Duchess of Cambridge, Kate Middleton’s wedding dress, about the design process, McQueen’s influences and what it was like to work with a creative powerhouse. His inspirations, gothic romance, particularly Victorian gothic, English snd Scottish heritage, romanticism, naturalism, female sexuality as a weapon, are all things that are inspirational to my own art and self. Each illustration became my favorite- page after page of the most exquisite fashion, beautifully presented and photographed.

Alexander McQueen (British, 1969–2010) was one of the most influential, imaginative, and provocative designers of his generation.Carpenter, Keith Christiansen, Nicholas Cullinan, Malcolm Daniel, Jayson Kerr Dobney, James David Draper, Maryam Ekhtiar, Douglas S.