I do not even know where to begin. Critics have been worshipping at the feet of the curators and McQueen himself, but walking in trying to hold an open mind, I too found myself bowing at their feet, even on my second visit. The careful positioned rooms evoked such deep emotions that many including myself had tears come to their eyes, especially seeing Kate Moss as the hologram. What was deeply disturbing was how one can witness McQueen's mental state, through the cuts and names of his collections, such a big part of his life was his designs.
"I'm a romantic schizophrenic" - McQueen
Jacket
Collection: Jack the Ripper stalks his victims
MA Graduate Collection 1992 - Isabella Blow
"There is blood beneath every layer of skin" - AM
The expert tailoring demonstrated in this jacket is one of a true expert. The plumed net back creates an air of importance and status, when coupled with the deep red silk lined extended collar and pointed cuffs, a sinister dangerous atmosphere over pins the jackets beauty. Showing us obviously, how beauty is indeed savage.
Coat and Skirt
Collection: Autumn/Winter 2010
"I oscillate between life and death, happiness and sadness, good and evil" - AM
This was my favourite piece in the whole collection, the painted goose feathers over the embodied silk was so beautiful, it took ten minutes just to take in. In this piece you can see the 'empowering' women theme that I think echos through the collection, empowering them to not only be protected, but to be feared.
Dress, coat, headdress, and shoes
Collection: The girl who lived in a tree
Autumn/Winter 2008
"It is about trying to capture something that isn't conventionally beautiful to show that beauty comes from within" - AM
The silk tulle embodied with Swarovski crystals, is the perfect balance between innocence and scandal. The dark romance hinted in the piece makes it magical. The red demonstrates another thread that is woven in his work that is the sexual exploration, or 'suggesting' that can be interpreted.
All in all there simply is not enough to say. The collections vary so dramatically, but through out this haunting underlying feeling weaves along. Collections such as 'Plato Atlantis', the 'Widows of Culludon', all completely different, but yet pieces of this puzzle, that when completed, can begin to explain the workings of this creative genius Alexander McQueen.
"There is no way back for me now. I'm going to take you on journeys you've never dreamed were possible" - Alexander McQueen
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