Earlier this morning I was woken up with a slew of text messages. One after another they read “Have you heard? Alexander McQueen has died.” I thought that this was a prank just like you hear about in the tabloids occasionally. I quickly checked my fashion blog sources and discovered that the news was all too real.
I was only introduced to fashion about 4 years ago. I was interning at a small Spanish magazine in New York called Big and the issue I was working on was following designers backstage at fashion shows for the F/W 2007 shows. Alexander McQueen was one of the first designers that I was introduced to. I never knew that fashion wasn’t just about what you wore, it was truly an art form. For Alexander McQueen it seemed that he put on every show like it was his last.
These are some of the seasons that I found the most memorable.
Fall/Winter 2006
To see my favorite of Spring Summer 2008 refer to my earlier post : http://fashiongrunge.com/2009/01/23/take-me-to-new-heights-alexander-mcqueen-spring-2008/
Of course his last show (Spring 2010) was one of the most talked about in the industry. The infamous “lobster claw” shoes that seem almost impossible to walk in truly became works of art. Even more so when fashion forward Lady Gaga wore his designs in her Bad Romance Video here:
The girls came onto the runway looking like desert animals complete with McQueen’s armor and Frankenstein-esque ballet shoes. There is nothing to say about this collection that can’t be seen. Honestly, the pictures are worth a thousand words.
Details of the show, which are truly extraordinary.
Fashion Week has just started in New York and I’m sure the industry was not prepared to lose one of its beloved family. However, his designs will always live on forever.
Goodbye, Alexander McQueen. (1969-2010)
Photo credit: style.com
Long live McQueen!
Really nice tribute.
Such a tragedy.