Alexander McQueen

Arguably the most influential, imaginative, and provocative designer of his generation, Alexander McQueen both challenged and expanded fashion conventions to express ideas about race, class, sexuality, religion, and the environment Alexander McQueen Savage Beauty examines the full breadth of the designer s career, from the start of his fledgling label to the triumphs of his own world renowned London house It features his most iconic and radical designs, revealing how McQueen adapted and combined the fundamentals of Savile Row tailoring, the specialized techniques of haute couture, and technological innovation to achieve his distinctive aesthetic 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.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 S lve Sundsb and a lenticular cover by Gary James McQueen.Alexander McQueen Savage Beauty celebrates the astounding creativity and originality of a designer who relentlessly questioned and confronted the requisites of fashion. Best Read Alexander McQueen author Andrew Bolton For Kindle ePUB or eBook – kino-fada.fr I know basically nothing about fashion I do know, though, that this book pulls off something kind of extraordinary convincing me not only that McQueen deserved a posthumous retrospective at the Met I was never much in doubt on that score but also that McQueen was as pure and complete an artist as ever lived He s Miles Davis He s Van Gogh McQueen was everything an artist should be endlessly innovative, aware of the past and concerned for the future, literate, tireless, deeply invested in I know basically nothing about fashion I do know, though, that this book pulls off something kind of extraordinary convincing me not only that McQueen deserved a posthumous retrospective at the Met I was never much in doubt on that score but also that McQueen was as pure and complete an artist as ever lived He s Miles Davis He s Van Gogh McQueen was everything an artist should be endlessly innovative, aware of the past and...Of course you should see the Savage Beauty installation at the Met before you even glance at this book.It s a multi sensory experience Dark Deep Industrial Colourful Tailored Baroque Broken Bumstered Political Poetical Magical Feathered And eerie, windswept sounds come at you around every corner The mannequins are masked and faceless and in that sense, they are everyone and alsono one In the bookwellhumans become surreal The installation is an extravaganza of theatre, Of course you should see the Savage Beauty installation at...I first borrowed this book from the library.Then I returned it, went on Bookdepository, and bought a copy And waited in bated anticipation.A spectacular coffee table book, if you will If you aredeeply into fashion and happen to love McQueen like I do, this is an incredible glossary and reference book to aid in your own projects I love the detail and attention paid to this one, and the cover just takes my breath away It is sturdy, feels raw and expensive, ...This compilation of quotes and detailed photographs of McQueen s work is breathtaking My favourite quotes There s blood beneath every layer of skin I don t think like the average person on the street I think quiet perversely sometimes Life to me is a bit of a Brothers Grimm fairy tale In this collection the idea was to turn people s faces on themselves I wanted to turn it around and make them think, am I actually as good as what I m looking at I m a romantic schizophrenic Wom This compilation of quotes and detailed photographs of McQueen s work is breathtaking My favourite quotes There s blood beneath every layer of skin I don t think like the averag...Fashion as ArtAlexander McQueen 17 March 1969 11 February 2010 was an icon in the fashion industry 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 From the lenticular cover by Gary James McQueen Lenticular printing is a technology in which a lenticular lens is used to produce images with an illusion of depth, or the ability to change or move as the image is viewed from different Fashion as ArtAlexander McQueen 17 March 1969 11 February 2010 was an icon in the fashion industry 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 From the lenticular cover by Gary James McQueen Lenticular printing is a technology in which a lenticular lens is used to produce images with an illusion of depth, or the ability to change or move as the image is viewed from different angles to the layout or deign of the book itself to the extraordinary photography by S lve...For many, fashion is superficial, fickle and unstable, a way for people to ostentatiously show off their wealth, and sense of style or lack thereof But for some, the act of creating fashion is literally the very fabric in how they can fully express themselves beyond just dressing themselves to step out and be within the defin...The installation curated by Andrew Bolton at the Metropolitan Museum of Art is absolutely wonderful, astonishing, extraordinary I would give this book five stars if it contained photographs from the actual installation raw concrete stages, aged mirrors, Cabinet of Curiosities room, etc This 8.5 minute video will give you a good overview of the experience took advantage of the extra hour to see the exhibit at 8 30 a.m Saturday, and skip the queue The installation curated by Andrew Bolton at the Metropolitan Museum of Art is absolutely wonderful, astonishing, extraordinary I would give this book five stars if it contained photographs from the actual installation raw concrete stages, aged mirrors, Cabinet of Curiosities room, etc This 8.5 minute video will give you a good overview of the experience took advantage of the extra hour to see the exhibit at 8 30 a.m Saturday, and skip the queue which was two hours long when I came out at 10 00 a.m That doesn t include the queue to get into the museum Six hours after and still processing, I summed up for friends Burton, Bosch, Braveheart, beads, bones, birds, brutal, beautiful. Bravo 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.If you are in near NYC and can catch it before Au...Mcqueen on Highland Rape It s all about the way I m feeling about my life Scotland for me is a harsh, cold and bitter place It was even worse when my great, great grandfather used to live there I have no respect for what the English did there, they wiped whole families out The reason I m patriotic about Scotland is because I think it s been dealt a really hard hand It s marketed the world over as fucking haggis, fucking bagpipes But no one ever puts anything back into it I hate it when Mcqueen on Highland Rape It s all about the way I m feeling about my life Scotland for me is a harsh, cold and bitter place It was even worse when my great, great grandfather used to live there I have no respect for what the English did there, they wiped whole families out The reason I m patriotic about Scotland is because I think it s been dealt a really hard hand It s marketed the world over as fucking haggis, fucking bagpipes But no one ever puts anything back into it I hate it when people romanticize Scotland There s nothing romantic about it s history Mcqueen on Deliverance partly inspired by Sidney Pollack movie They Shoot Horses, Don t They More people can understand the dress if it s tarnished and distressed If you walked out in the first dress you d be setting yourself apart form everyone but if you wore the second one people would be able to a...Companion edition to the McQueen exhibition at the Metropolitan Museum of Art The majority of the content here is photographs of exhibition pieces, posed on mannequins, shown context free save for occasional quotes from the designer There are also some sets of smaller photographs that are live action shots from various runway presentations It was tempting to jump right in and just l...Gorgeous, gorgeous, gorgeous Each illustration became my favorite page after page of the most exquisite fashion, beautifully presented and photographed.It was a large format book and very heavy Found th...

• English
• 19 October 2018
Andrew Bolton
• Hardcover
• 240 pages
• 0300169787
• Andrew Bolton
• Alexander McQueen