Alexander McQueen

Chapter One The first designer that’s inspired me this unit is Alexander McQueen, a British designer who broke fashion, genre and designer boundaries from the beginning of his career till his suicide in 2010. McQueen’s work was often focused around contrasted elements and the energy between them, creating structural and emotionally raw pieces, that were often misconstrued as misogynistic or fetish. I chose to investigate McQueen’s work due to the ‘romantic but determinedly contemporary’ (Dazed article)

Lee Alexander McQueen, CBE (17 March 1969 – 11 February 2010) was a British fashion designer and couturier. He is known for having worked as chief designer at Givenchy from 1996 to 2001 and for founding his own Alexander McQueen label. His achievements in fashion earned him four British Designer of the Year awards (1996, 1997, 2001 and 2003), as well as the CFDA's International Designer of the Year award in 2003. McQueen committed suicide in 2010 at the age of forty. [1] McQueen was known for his

fashion, Alexander McQueen is a good example of textile art of the 21th century. His career in Fashion has proved his creativity in different textile forms. He has developed curiosity about the textile, form and pattern in fiber arts in fashion and pushed within the limits of creative arts
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What do Coco Chanel, Yves Saint Laurent, Jean Paul Gaultier and Alexander McQueen have in common? They are designers who have challenged ideas on gender norms. (Marcangell, pg.1) McQueen fearlessly challenged the conventions of fashion. Rare among designers, he saw beyond clothing's physical constraints to its conceptual and imaginative possibilities. (Victoria and Albert Museum, 2015) Moving into contemporary design, Marc Jacobs, best known for his fashion design with Louis Vuitton and his own label

Fashion Fundamentals Final Paper Christian Dior and Alexander McQueen There are many designers in the fashion industry. Few make some kind of an impact on fashion but most designers rarely have any impact at all. It is truly a once in a generation that designer comes along and completely alters the fashion universe and becomes a legend. Two examples of fashion designers that are this rare are Christian Dior and Alexander McQueen. Christian Dior’s life span was before mine but his great

In this essay, one image from a fashion editorial entitled Alexander McQueen: Past, Present and Future (Knight, 2015) in AnOther magazine by fashion photographer Nick Knight will be analysed and deconstructed. The image used archive pieces by Alexander McQueen as a tribute to him before the opening of Savage Beauty at the V & A. The image is interesting as it pushes the boundaries of beauty and convention in respect to the role of woman and fashion image making. This argument will be supported by

How has the shocking anti fashion bumsters by Alexander McQueen become a mainstream trend ? Introduction ‘We want to look like our friends but not to be clones’ (Wilson 1992a:34) Firstly I will talk about fashion and anti fashion, I will talk about where anti-fashion first began and how it is still relevant to present day. I will refer to the book ‘Fashion &Anti-fashion Exploring adornment and dress from an anthropological perspective’ adding quotes by the writer Ted Polhemus to prove my argument

of shape, style, proportions and detail. In this essay I will explore and explain how designers have used the past to inform their work, whether an expression of political, social, or traditional opinions and ideals. I will particularly focus on Alexander McQueen’s political approach, Vivienne Westwood’s social comment’s, and Cath Kidston’s play on ‘vintage’ and nostalgia and the historical sources that have inspired these. “builds new, more complex narratives about both the past and present”. It

pieces of art. I will be discussing each art piece’s form, time period of creation, intention or purpose, and value. These four pieces of art are Michelangelo’s Pieta, Fountain by Marcel Duchamp, Mark Rothko’s No.61, and the “Oyster Dress” by Alexander McQueen. These works of art come in all different shapes and sizes but they are valued

build concepts from, helping to add value and vigour. In this essay I will explore and explain how designers have used the past to inform their work, whether an expression of political, social, or traditional opinions. I will particularly focus on Alexander McQueen’s political approach, and how he addresses his ancestral history. I will also look at Vivienne Westwood’s work and how it challenges but also commemorates tradition. Next, I will study Cath Kidston’s play on ‘vintage’ and how she evokes nostalgia