Mourning Roundup: Feb 12, 2010
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Fashion Icon Alexander McQueen Commits Suicide.
Sad news from London. Celebrated designer Alexander McQueen committed suicide at the age of 40, days after his mother’s death.
After tailoring on London’s Saville Row and making suits for the likes of Prince Charles, McQueen became an enfant terrible of high fashion when haute couture maven, Isabella Blow, discovered him. His runway shows were inventive stage pieces featuring simulated rain, post-apocalyptic landscapes and angular, aggressive lines.
He was named head designers at fashion house Givenchy in 1996 and later was folded into Gucci after the Italian fashion house bought 51 percent of his company.
In addition to favoring fashion forward construction, McQueen was a dedicated Scotsman, often donning kilt and tartan for formal events.
What might most intriguing about McQueen's body of work it its dedication to intricate workmanship across styles and influences. With inspiration from 18th century bodice garments, he created this fanciful gown, held at the Metropolitan Museum of Art's fashion collection. It displays, "a mind boggling degree of creativity and work," according to Women's Wear Daily.
The Met's curators write of this gown from McQueen's 2003 Spring/Summer line,
For those whose interest in fashion doesn't extend further than Hollywood's red carpets, McQueen also delivered considerable results. Kate Bosworth wore a McQueen creation to the 2009 Oscars, a simple sheeth dress. Though Gweneth Paltrow drew jeers for wearing McQueen's somewhat gothic-inspired sheer dress in 2002, a dress like the one worn by rocker Gwen Stefani to the 2004 Vanity Fair Oscar party dropped jaws.
From The Daily Mail
Jezebel tracks McQueen's last days of Twitter activity
The Daily Beast features a gallery of McQueen's best runway shows.
...and a remembrance from McQueen's muse, Daphne Guinness
Sad news from London. Celebrated designer Alexander McQueen committed suicide at the age of 40, days after his mother’s death.
After tailoring on London’s Saville Row and making suits for the likes of Prince Charles, McQueen became an enfant terrible of high fashion when haute couture maven, Isabella Blow, discovered him. His runway shows were inventive stage pieces featuring simulated rain, post-apocalyptic landscapes and angular, aggressive lines.He was named head designers at fashion house Givenchy in 1996 and later was folded into Gucci after the Italian fashion house bought 51 percent of his company.
In addition to favoring fashion forward construction, McQueen was a dedicated Scotsman, often donning kilt and tartan for formal events.
What might most intriguing about McQueen's body of work it its dedication to intricate workmanship across styles and influences. With inspiration from 18th century bodice garments, he created this fanciful gown, held at the Metropolitan Museum of Art's fashion collection. It displays, "a mind boggling degree of creativity and work," according to Women's Wear Daily.
The Met's curators write of this gown from McQueen's 2003 Spring/Summer line,
"like a mille-feuille pastry, each layer both conforms to and detaches itself from every other layer of silk. With a post-modernist’s irony and deconstructivist’s preference for worn effects, the silk is left with an unfinished, raw, cut edge."McQueen's admirers reveled in his ability to make shockingly well tailored garments that were exuberent in their expressive quality.
For those whose interest in fashion doesn't extend further than Hollywood's red carpets, McQueen also delivered considerable results. Kate Bosworth wore a McQueen creation to the 2009 Oscars, a simple sheeth dress. Though Gweneth Paltrow drew jeers for wearing McQueen's somewhat gothic-inspired sheer dress in 2002, a dress like the one worn by rocker Gwen Stefani to the 2004 Vanity Fair Oscar party dropped jaws.
From The Daily MailJezebel tracks McQueen's last days of Twitter activity
The Daily Beast features a gallery of McQueen's best runway shows.
...and a remembrance from McQueen's muse, Daphne Guinness
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