DISSERTATION: November 2011

ILLUSTRATIONS

http://tight-sweater.blogspot.com/2010_10_01_archive.html

ILLUSTRATIONS

http://weheartit.com/entry/15160725/via/_BebeJenn

ILLUSTRATIONS

http://weheartit.com/entry/14010590/via/_BebeJenn

ILLUSTRATIONS

http://www.coroflot.com/vera_couto/illustrations/19

ILLUSTRATIONS

http://weheartit.com/bleedingpoison/search?utf8=✓&query=MCQUEEN

ILLUSTRATIONS

http://s3.amazonaws.com/data.tumblr.com/tumblr_kxsi2jLjDl1qzpe7ro1_1280.jpg?AWSAccessKeyId=AKIAJ6IHWSU3BX3X7X3Q&Expires=1322700028&Signature=%2FPa4EDA6BYlgbGDA9%2BgGilZ0Erk%3D

ILLUSTRATIONS

http://monsieursandmonsters.blogspot.com/2011/01/connie-lim.html

ILLUSTRATIONS

http://weheartit.com/entry/4386688/via/AnaRivillas

THE FASHION KING

http://fashmark.wordpress.com/2011/05/06/alexander-mcqueen-the-fashion-king/

ITS ONLY A GAME

SPRING/SUMMER 05

This could be the horse in a game of chess?

http://blog.metmuseum.org/alexandermcqueen/tag/only-a-game/

THE GIRL WHO LIVED IN THE TREE

REMINDS ME OF CRUELLA DE VIL

http://www.alexandermcqueen.com/int/en/corporate/archive2008_aw_womens.aspx

http://cruelladevil.weebly.com/

WOMENS FALL / WINTER 08
“THE GIRL WHO LIVED IN THE TREE”

Based on the British Empire, the Queens of England, the Duke of Wellington, toy soldiers and punk princesses, this fashion fairy tale is dominated by an ancient tulle-wrapped tree referencing the work of the artist, Christo. For the first half of the show our heroine is dressed in beautiful rags: nipped waisted jackets, Victorian-line dresses with S-bend corseted tops, textured, hand-knitted mohair and washed tweeds all in dark or neutral colours lend a make-do-and-mend feel to the proceedings. It isn’t long, though, before our Princess meets her Prince Charming, at which point she descends from her treetop habitat and finds all the riches of the world at her disposal. Her clothing duly explodes into colour and references everything from the wardrobe of the young Princess Elizabeth –crimson velvet New Look dresses, ermine wraps and a bastardised Union Jack print - to the palaces of the Maharajas – a draped, predominantly empire-line silhouette finished with paper-flat embroidered slippers, each pair bespoke and created to complement its own outfit.

http://www.alexandermcqueen.com/int/en/corporate/archive2008_aw_womens.aspx

http://fashmark.wordpress.com/2011/05/06/alexander-mcqueen-the-fashion-king/

"WHEN IM DEAD"

"I'm 40 now," Alexander McQueen said in one of his last known interviews. "When I'm dead, hopefully this house will still be going."

http://www.azcentral.com/ent/celeb/articles/2010/02/12/20100212alexander-mcqueen-succession.html#ixzz1evtTbe2y

TITLES?

Chapter 1: Once Upon A Time

The Beginning/ There Once Was A Man Named Lee/ A Long Time Ago

The Rise To Fame

Chapter 2: With Crazy Comes Fame

Shock Tactics

Sarah Burton/ The Successor

Chapter 3: Happily Ever After

Another Tale

What Happens Now?/ The End

THE GIRL WHO LIVED IN A TREE

REMINDS ME OF LITTLE RED RIDING HOOD

LITTLE RED RIDING HOOD

http://www.whitewallmag.com/wp-content/uploads/2011/05/17.McQueenGirlInTreeAW2008-9RedCoat.jpg

http://niharabewitch.blogspot.com/2011/02/little-red-riding-hood.html

MCQUEENS FINAL COLLECTION

ALEXANDER MCQUEEN'S FINAL COLLECTION, AND ALSO MY FAVORITE COLLECTION.
SAID TO BE 80% FINISHED AT THE TIME OF HIS DEATH.

http://thequeenmadre.wordpress.com/2010/03/12/alexander-mcqueens-final-collection/

MY FAVORITE PIECE

"The final look from Alexander McQueen's final collection is one of hope. After a collection touching on various medieval incarnations of the afterlife, including Bosch's feindish conception of Hell, this final gown and golden feathered jacket seems to offer the audience a beacon of light and pure beauty. In keeping with McQueen's love of avian imagery, this figure appears to be an angelic dove, a glorious apparition, ready to take wing and return to the side of her creator.

(Alexander McQueen Genius of a Generation, Kristin Knox, page 128)

"EACH PIECE IS UNIQUE, AS WAS HE"

Alexander McQueen’s autumn collection is inspired by Byzantine art, the carvings of Grinling Gibbons, and Old Master paintings and altar pieces including, in particular, works by Jean Fouquet, Sandro Botticelli, Stephan Lochner, Hans Memling, Hugo van der Goes, Jean Hey and Heironymus Bosch.

All patterns were cut on the stand by Lee Alexander McQueen.

Each piece is unique, as was he.

http://www.alexandermcqueen.com/int/en/corporate/archive2010_fw_womens.aspx

SARAH BURTON

LEE ALEXANDER MCQUEEN

"A MAGICAL FAIRYTALE SEAM RUNS THROUGH THIS COLLECTION"

SUPERCALIFRAGILISTIC

WOMENS FALL/WINTER 02

A magical fairytale seam runs through this collection shown in the Conciergerie in Paris famously the place where Marie Antoinette spent her last days. White wolves stalk the upper stories as highwaymen and princesses rub shoulders with a subversion of school uniform and educational authority. Ultra feminine mousseline princess dresses are toughened by leather harnessing, fragile lingerie-inspired looks are finished with more SM leather detailing, caped backs and kimono sleeves add drama to tailored all in ones. Skinny striped blazers and gym skirts are only part of this story for which McQueen also brought back his signature bumster, best in gleaming silver leather.

http://www.alexandermcqueen.com/int/en/corporate/archive2002_aw_womens.aspx

MCQUEEN & PUMA "GHOST FILM"

AUTUMN/WINTER 09

MCQUEEN PUMA "THE BOOK OF FIVE RINGS"

NICK KNIGHTS TRIBUTE TO ALEXANDER MCQUEEN

AUTUMN/WINTER CAMPAIGN 2011

http://www.alexandermcqueen.com/int/en/corporate/specialprojects_aw11campaign.aspx

"CREATING NEW POSSIBILITIES"

"Alexander McQueen's iconic designs constitute the work of an artist whose medium of expression was fashion," said Thomas P. Campbell, Director of The Metropolitan Museum of Art. "This landmark exhibition continues the Museum's tradition of celebrating designers who changed the course of history and culture by creating new possibilities."

http://www.alexandermcqueen.com/int/en/corporate/met_savagebeauty.aspx

"DEEPEST, OFTEN DARKEST"

“His fashions were an outlet for his emotions”, Bolton explained, “an expression of the deepest, often darkest, aspects of his imagination. He was a true romantic in the Byronic sense of the word – he channeled the sublime.”

http://www.agent2magazine.com/style/alexander-mcqueen-savage-beauty/