Alexander McQueen Fall 07 RTW
alexander mcqueen fall 07 rtw part 1 runway show
part 2 of full runway show
"...McQueen put a heartfelt personal passion into a collection that was based on a startling revelation from his family history. His mother, who traces family trees, discovered that her bloodline leads back to a victim of the Salem witch trials who was hanged in the Puritan hysteria of 1692. The themes of witchcraft, paganism, and religious persecution played on the dark and angry side of McQueen's...
there was a pentagram traced in red in a black-sand circle, with an inverted pyramid hanging over it. As the show started, a macabre film—of naked women, swarming locusts, faces decaying to skulls, and blood and fire—started to play above the models' heads. Theoretically, no one objects to being disturbed and discomforted by a pointed McQueen performance—it's an accepted part of his identity."
I cut the review down to descriptions of McQueen's inspiration and details of the show itself. Fashion being subjective, I'd have to say that I enjoyed the collection immensely. Here is an artist with talent. I'm not viewing this collection in terms of saleability, or in any other way besides that as conceptual art. All fashion is to me. What really impresses and astounds me in the workmanship in the construction of these garments. In the design process from inspiration to sketch to the draping and pattern making. This is a breathtaking collection for all those reasons.
part 2 of full runway show
"...McQueen put a heartfelt personal passion into a collection that was based on a startling revelation from his family history. His mother, who traces family trees, discovered that her bloodline leads back to a victim of the Salem witch trials who was hanged in the Puritan hysteria of 1692. The themes of witchcraft, paganism, and religious persecution played on the dark and angry side of McQueen's...
there was a pentagram traced in red in a black-sand circle, with an inverted pyramid hanging over it. As the show started, a macabre film—of naked women, swarming locusts, faces decaying to skulls, and blood and fire—started to play above the models' heads. Theoretically, no one objects to being disturbed and discomforted by a pointed McQueen performance—it's an accepted part of his identity."
I cut the review down to descriptions of McQueen's inspiration and details of the show itself. Fashion being subjective, I'd have to say that I enjoyed the collection immensely. Here is an artist with talent. I'm not viewing this collection in terms of saleability, or in any other way besides that as conceptual art. All fashion is to me. What really impresses and astounds me in the workmanship in the construction of these garments. In the design process from inspiration to sketch to the draping and pattern making. This is a breathtaking collection for all those reasons.
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