Alexander McQueen: Savage Beauty (Fashion Studies)

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It also focuses on the highly sophisticated narrative structures underpinning his collections and extravagant runway presentations, with their echoes of avant-garde installation and performance art. It also focuses on the highly sophisticated narrative structures found in McQueen's collections and in his extravagant runway presentations, which suggested the most avant-garde installation and performance art. Bolton, Andrew, with contributions by Tadao Ando, Anita Briey, Stefania D’Alfonso, Olivia Douchez, Amanda Harlech, Patrick Hourcade, Mellissa Huber, Nicole Lefort, Kai Toussaint Marcel, Jacqueline Mercier, Loïc Prigent, and Anna Wintour.

What really struck me about his art (moving pieces on humans) was the pain he felt, transformed by sharp relief into beauty. It must make a very spooky coffee table book, as the eyes follow you and manifest in the stylised skull before the rest of McQueen's face. He is currently the subject of a spectacular exhibition of his works at the Metropolitan Museum of Art and this book serves as a catalogue for that exhibition.

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. The Costume Institute at the Metropolitan Museum's Alexander McQueen retrospective has proven so popular that the exhibit has been extended until August 7.

org), or select items including Museum Admission, Museum Memberships, donations and eGift Certificates. Published to coincide with an exhibition at The Metropolitan Museum of Art organized by The Costume Institute, this stunning book includes a preface by Andrew Bolton; an introduction by Susannah Frankel; an interview by Tim Blanks with Sarah Burton, creative director of the house of Alexander McQueen; illuminating quotes from the designer himself; provocative and captivating new photography by renowned photographer Sølve Sundsbø; and a lenticular cover by Gary James McQueen. The Metropolitan Museum of Art 2012 13 1/2" x 10" Lee Alexander McQueen CBE (17 March 1969 11 February 2010) was a British fashion designer and couturier. Selected items may be purchased early for dispatch from the future date given in their product information.I do not follow fashion closely by any stretch of the imagination, but found Alexander McQueen's craftsmanship breathtaking and his complex ideas expressed about Nature, culture, politics, gender, sexuality and beauty really fascinating. Stunning book, a top quality book full of great photos, it's large and heavy and feels luxurious in your hands. To quote from the introduction of the book itself, "The latest in a long line of male homosexual designers who exploit women while pandering to their own fantasies. The show and book, Savage Beauty, offer plenty of ammunition to the charge that the fashion and art world will never see the like of Alexander McQueen again . A fitting image for a book that attempts to provide a glimpse into the mind of the reclusive late designer .

I was wondering if the book features the spine “corset” or the horned jacket from “It’€™s a Jungle Out There”…….Finance is provided by PayPal Credit (a trading name of PayPal UK Ltd, Whittaker House, Whittaker Avenue, Richmond-Upon-Thames, Surrey, United Kingdom, TW9 1EH). Lee did care about the commercial side of the industry, but what most people remember are the shows. Six hours after and still processing, I summed up for friends: Burton, Bosch, Braveheart, beads, bones, birds, brutal, beautiful. After his tailoring apprenticeship, he went on to learn exact military tailoring and then the detailed art of the Japanese kimono.