this week the house of alexander mcqueen presented its last collection under the late lee alexander mcqueen. and, as one would expect, the line was stunning. i mean ahhh-mazing. it made me sad all over again to think that this pure creative genius has come to an end. the f/w '10 collection was richly divine and intricate, created with a couture-like attention to detail. it merged a space-aginess to the history of fashion. all in all it was just so mcqueen.
ugh i am just dying! this stuff is too good. mcqueen, to me, was the point of fashion. he created art and spectacle and reinterpreted the very notion of clothing and fashion over and over. i just can't seem to get over what his loss means to the world of fashion.enough of the debbie downer routine. instead of being depressed about mcqueen's tragic death, let's focus on the pos, shall we? mcqueen changed fashion and he left a lot to show for it. after i saw the most recent collection i went on a little retrospective tour of sorts on style.com. below are some of my fave looks.
what in that what is going on here?? say what you will, but i thought this collection was mind-blowingly awesome. i mean for real. if james cameron gets all sortsa hype for thinking up avatar, should mcqueen get mad props for making pandora look like clothes?! stream this it might just change your life. {S/S2010}
you gotta read what they say about this collection on style.com. while it may not be life changing, per se, it will make you understand the concept of high fashion. also, how much FUN would it be to wear this stuff!? {F/W2009}
ok so this collection was about a "600-year-old elm tree in [McQueen's] garden," and he "made up this story of a girl who lives in it and comes out of the darkness to meet a prince and become a queen." ah i love it! {F/W 2008}
oh hello, madmen! mcqueen, always ahead of the curve, showing sixties styles in 2005 that are still so au courant today. umm, can i have both of the outfits, now that i mention it?? {F/W 2005}
throwing it way back here! look at the little baby kate moss! and hello, lady gaga?! this show was brilliant on many different levels, clearly. {S/S2001} ps, these pictures are formatted diff or something they won't line up right. sorry! i could go on and on about mcqueen all day, but instead of doing so i really suggest you go to style.com and cruise through the slideshows of his works. and read the reviews, they are spot on. and let us all, in memory of mcqueen, push the envelope just a little bit everyday.title song: grace is gone by dave matthewsUPDATE: so it turns out that blogger is the worst and seems to be formatting this post however it wants. it looks fine in preview then comes up totally different when i publish. and quite frankly i don't have the energy to try and fix it again...so look at the pretty pictures and enjoy!
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