A COLLECTION ABOUT EXCESS BY ALEXANDER MCQUEEN

"I was thinking about a woman as an object of desire. We go to such lengths to adorn ourselves that we almost become our clothes or are taken over by them. This is a collection about excess - an exploration of ideals of beauty at their most extreme.” Sarah Burton (1)

Clothes are a woman’s second skin. Phenomenal is the only way one can look and probably feel in this skin as presented in Alexander McQueen’s latest collection. The 2012 Spring/Summer Collection is “all about the Gaia the wonder of nature, the sea” as Sarah Burton says. The aquatic themed fashion show is a parade of mysteriously laced faces, corseted woman silhouettes, extravagant craftsmanship of cutting, beading and adorning with mother of pearls, seashells and bones. 

The fantasia creatively directed by Sarah Burton is her 3rd collection since her boss and the founder of the company, Alexander McQueen passed away in 2010. Arguably, Sarah Burton has created excessive skins that keep secrets from another world in this collection. Mythological inspirations derived from magnificence of the underworld, are portrayed in the artisan and the technical excellence of the pieces.

The mind-blowing craftsmanship is a beauty for the romantic mind. Highly sophisticated narrative pieces are echoed in the radiance of the calming presentation that almost sings to the ear where the heavy feel of lightness provokes the imagination.

(1) Retrieved October 12, 2011 from alexandermcqueen.com
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