Alexander McQueen: Savage Beauty (Fashion Studies)

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Featuring the most iconic and radical designs of his prolific career, Alexander McQueen: Savage Beauty examines the designer's evolution from the start of his fledgling label, to his years as creative. Andrew Bolton is Curator and Harold Koda is Curator in Charge at The Costume Institute, The Metropolitan Museum of Art. Summary: "The exhibition, organized by The Costume Institute, will celebrate the late Alexander McQueen's extraordinary contributions to fashion.

From his postgraduate collection of 1992 to his final runway presentation which took place after his death in February 2010, Mr. Drawn primarily from the Alexander McQueen Archive in London, with some pieces from the Givenchy Archive in Paris as well as private collections, signature designs including the "bumster" trouser, the kimono jacket, and the three–point "origami" frockcoat are on view. The Costume Institute at the Metropolitan Museum’s Alexander McQueen retrospective has proven so popular that the exhibit has been extended until August 7.There is enough detail to satisfy the student of fashion and enough visual splendour to entice and entrance coffee table book lovers. Graff, Randall Griffey, John Guy, Navina Najat Haidar, Se´n Hemingway, Marsha Hill, Alison Hokanson, Melanie Holcomb, Timothy B. My book queue is far longer than my Netflix queue; I'm such a nerd I keep a categorized Excel worksheet of books I plan to acquire. Carpenter, Stephanie D’Alessandro, Clare Davies, Jayson Kerr Dobney, Ashley Dunn, Adam Eaker, Maryam Ekhtiar, Helen C. McQueen challenged and expanded the understanding of fashion beyond utility to a conceptual expression of culture, politics, and identity.

If you are in/near NYC and can catch it before August 7th, I recommend the "Savage Beauty" exhibit highly. My flatmate is a costume designer for the Royal Opera House so now I have all these fantastic fashion coffee books in my flat that I’ve always wanted to get my hands on - and Savage Beauty has long been on the top of that list. because I don't know his circumstances, and maybe the stress of his empire wasn't what drove him to suicide. This goldmine book available in hardcover with lenticular image is a must-have addition to your library and a way of keeping the memory and work of Alexander McQueen alive.

Into that yearning breach left by McQueen's death and [Kristen Knox's] unsatisfactory book delivered to his flock of followers, has dropped curator Andrew Bolton's definitive Alexander McQueen: Savage Beauty . There is enough detail to satisfy the student of fashion and striking full-page images that convey McQueen's sense of style and his flair for dramatic statements.