All images from Felipe Rojas Llanos Fall 2011 As the home of leading fashion education institutions—from Central Saint Martins to Royal College of Art to London College of Fashion—London is often considered the industry’s capital of emerging talent, with each season birthing a new class of ideas and enthusiasm. Some designers stay for a season, [...]
Tag Archives: Alexander McQueen
Dossier in Conversation with Tina Kalivas
March 23, 2010 – 11:56 pm
Polyrhythms, 2009 Ethno-geometry, refined-psychedelia… An attempt to describe Tina Kalivas’ aesthetic often ends up a contradiction of terms. Perhaps the most straightforward route is to call the Greek-born, Australian-based fashion designer a master of prints. For four years and counting, the former Alexander McQueen intern has been developing dynamic patterns for her eponymous line. We [...]
Lee Alexander McQueen 1969-2010
February 11, 2010 – 11:00 pm
McQueen and Isabella Blow. Image courtesy of The Telegraph. Louise Wilson, Alexander McQueen’s professor at Central Saint Martins, often declares fashion designers “the unlucky”, meaning their talent enslaves them to a life of labor. They will never be at peace; they are forever seeing, thinking, creating… May the irreplaceable Mr. McQueen finally have found his [...]
Alexander McQueen @ Paris Fashion Week S/S10
October 11, 2009 – 3:07 pm
Welcome to Plato’s Atlantis, Alexander McQueen’s futuristic, alternative universe of theatrics, technology and aquatics. Inspired by Charles Darwin’s Origin of Species, threats of global warming, the demise of marine life, survival, evolution and science fiction, the collection was understandably surreal. Digitally printed dresses emulated skins and scales. Metamorphosis took place, as one look mutated and [...]
Alexander McQueen @ Paris Fashion Week
March 15, 2009 – 10:12 am
Economy be damned; the concept of sellable, wearable, commercial fashion is out the window. For the first time this season—maybe many seasons—we were treated to a spectacle rather than show, as Alexander McQueen ripped apart the last 50 years of fashion history. The idea of recycling and reinterpreting past fashions (a regular runway occurance) and [...]
