Quick! Head over to the MET. Or no wait, Alexander McQueen’s ‘Savage Beauty‘ is was – yes WAS – running at the MET (4 May – 7 August). I would hope that you had a chance to go there.
If you did not see it – click on these photos to zoom in – or if you want to see the detail, try this. Oh my.
Reminds me of Valentino: The Last Emperor. Big love.
The Romantic Mind
“You’ve got to know the rules to break them. That’s what I’m here for, to demolish the rules but to keep the tradition.” - Alexander McQueen
Romantic Gothic and Cabinet of Curiosities
“People find my things sometimes aggressive. But I don’t see it as aggressive. I see it as romantic, dealing with a dark side of personality.” - Alexander McQueen
Romantic Nationalism
“The reason I’m patriotic about Scotland is because I think it’s been dealt a really hard hand. It’s marketed the world over as . . . haggis . . . bagpipes. But no one ever puts anything back into it.” - Alexander McQueen
Romantic Exoticism
“I want to be honest about the world that we live in, and sometimes my political persuasions come through in my work. Fashion can be really racist, looking at the clothes of other cultures as costumes. . . . That’s mundane and it’s old hat. Let’s break down some barriers.” - Alexander McQueen
Romantic Primitivism
“I try to push the silhouette. To change the silhouette is to change the thinking of how we look. What I do is look at ancient African tribes, and the way they dress. The rituals of how they dress. . . . There’s a lot of tribalism in the collections.” - Alexander McQueen
Armadillo, armadillo! Romantic Naturalism
“I have always loved the mechanics of nature and to a greater or lesser extent my work is always informed by that.” - Alexander McQueen
