Alexander McQueen: Savage Beauty - Gallery Views 2011

Learn more about Alexander McQueen: Savage Beauty on view at the Met May 4--July 31, 2011: http://blog.metmuseum.org/alexandermc...

The exhibition, organized by The Costume Institute, celebrates the late Alexander McQueen's extraordinary contributions to fashion. From his Central Saint Martins postgraduate collection of 1992 to his final runway presentation, which took place after his death in February 2010, Mr. McQueen challenged and expanded the understanding of fashion beyond utility to a conceptual expression of culture, politics, and identity. His iconic designs constitute the work of an artist whose medium of expression was fashion. The exhibition will feature approximately one hundred ensembles and seventy accessories from Mr. McQueen's prolific nineteen-year career. 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. McQueen's fashions often referenced the exaggerated silhouettes of the 1860s, 1880s, 1890s, and 1950s, but his technical ingenuity always imbued his designs with an innovative sensibility that kept him at the vanguard.


Producer/Director
Christopher Noey

Editor
Kate Farrell

Audio Editor
Stephanie Wuertz

Camera
Jessica Glass

Lighting Director
Ned Hallick

Production Assistant
Sarah Cowan

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[modeling4Fashion]

I wish this was traveling!

[strawberryfields331]

Brilliant! Long live McQueen!!!

[MaeveVEVOreloaded]

Where is this gallery?? Is it still existing?

[Leemcqueenn]

the romantic mind♥

[Sergio Trejo]

amazing!!!!!



[Hyacinths Eliot]

Agreed, for me, it's like he tells a story with his designs.

[Savith S]

Great comment, word for word, this hits McQueen's nail on the head.

[Nicola Mercalli]

McQueen was more of an artist, a visionary poet, than a fashion designer. Fashion was the medium in which he worked, but you can always see in his work the sheer force of his subversive imagination, almost always breaking the constrains that designing clothes imposed upon him. His aim was not to make women more attractive or glamorous, he had no real interest in that, but to turn dresses and accessories into a wondrous mean of expression.

[spiritizeable]

He wanted to make women look strong and intimidating and I don't see anything wrong with that, either.

[Neshuah1]

me too :(

[dreamershavemorefun]

How funny of u to say that but to be honest I love early McQueen my favorite pieces are from the 2001 Voss collection with my favorite piece being the Medical slide dress as I watch McQueen grow and design I learned and grew to appreciate his sheer talent and eye for design

[musics4me]

I hate random ppl who says McQueen is their favorite designer. I'm sorry but I think most of them don't even fully respect him from a broader perspective. All they know is the fact that his shoes were worn by Gaga and that's it. The famous Armadillo shoes. What about his other works?