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| Alexander McQueen March 17th 1969- February 11th 2010 |
DRAMA.
The fashion rebel, Alexander McQueen, dropped out of school when he was 16 years old in order to learn the skillful art of fashion design. It was at Savile Row where he tactfully learned to tailor and at Angels and Bermans where he discovered his fondness for costume making.
Like many of the greatest fashion designers of our time, McQueen too obtained a masters degree at Central Saint Martin in London in 1994. McQueen's designs were phenomenal from the start; His entire graduate collection was purchased by fashion editor, Isabella Blow. In 1996 he landed his first huge position as chief designer at Givenchy where he worked for the next 5 years.
The Gucci group currently owns 51% of the Alexander McQueen label as of December 2000.
Before McQueens’ untimely death in the spring of 2010, he obtained countless notable awards such as British Menswear Designer of the Year and International Designer for the Year, to name a few.
Before McQueens’ untimely death in the spring of 2010, he obtained countless notable awards such as British Menswear Designer of the Year and International Designer for the Year, to name a few.
The Valuables
Three key elements to help identify an iconic Alexander McQueen design.
1. Theatrical
2. Innovative fashion, defying and exaggerating the human silhouette
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| Fall 2008 Runway; Vogue.com |
2. Innovative fashion, defying and exaggerating the human silhouette
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| Spring 2010 Runway |
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| Spring 2010, google.com |
3. "British tailoring with french couture" nymag.com
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| Spring 2011, vogue.com |
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The Lock
What can we expect at Alexander McQueen for Fall 2011?
“I was thinking about an ice queen. Someone strong and noble and romantically powerful,” said Sarah Burton
Corseted hourglass silhouettes with board fox-fur shoulders. Perfect precision in every single detail down to the composition of the fabric. Romantic, demure, and striking. Burton embodied McQueen's limitless aesthetic seamlessly, but this time with slightly more delicate, feminine feel.
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| Alexander McQueen Fall 2011 Runway, Vogue.com |
The Key
Meet Alexander McQueen's successor, Sarah Burton.
Meet Alexander McQueen's successor, Sarah Burton.
Sarah Burton grew up in Manchester, United Kingdom in a family of five children. She studied at Manchester Polytechnic before transferring to Central Saint Martins in London to study Print Fashion in 1997.
Burton went on an interview for a position within Alexander McQueen. During the interview Burton remembers being asked if she "Believes in UFO's?" by McQueen himself. She must have said something right because Burton joined the team as in intern in 1996 where she worked next to McQueen for the next couple years. After McQueen's death, Burton was appointed the chief creative director in 2010.
"The designer has no plans to replicate McQueen's signature theatrical shows. "That was very much Lee's territory - the spectacular show," she told WWD in September 2010. "In that way, I can't try and pretend to be Lee." -Vogue.co.uk
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