Watt, Judith (2012) Alexander McQueen Fashion Visionary published 2012 by Goodman books Limited, London

I was looking at the British fashion designers shelve on the library and come across this book, one of the most famous fashion designer in British and in fashion industry. I like to know and learn about the designer background and how they uses their experiences to develop their work and what influences their collections. Reading this book give me a lot of insight about the artist personality and who he really is as a person “he loved women, really adored them – and not just for their statuesque beauty, but for our fragility as well as our strength our ghosts and demons alongside our accomplishment” this make me realised that Alexander McQueen work is rare and he introduces new thing to fashion, some of his collection might be extremely outrageous and people might seen it and take it the wrong way while he’s just trying to empowering women and femininity.

This site shows Alexander McQueen spring 2012 ready to wear collection it’s a very well known created by Sarah Burton “she based her collection on the three Gs: Gres for the pleating and draping, Gaudi for the architecture, and Gaia for the sense of all-encompassing oceanic life that infused the clothes, like the outfits composed of coral or shells” i like the idea of the collection and the thoughts behind it is very thoughtful like the designer was not just thinking about the look but also the movements of the fabrics “Empire line of ruffles, which undulated as a models walked, “like a jellyfish moves in the sea” which i find what inspiring the most about the collection.

Vogue PLC (2011) Alexander McQueen Spring/Summer 2012 Ready-To-Wear Collection Available from:  http://www.vogue.co.uk/shows/spring-summer-2012-ready-to-wear/alexander-mcqueen/collection [Accessed 20/10/17]

McQueen’s criticised debut show for Givenchy in 1997 (photo: Rankin/ Trunk Archive)

This online news article was wrote in 2015 about how Alexander McQueen got his name in the fashion industry. The article is about the collection that McQuuen collaborate with the brand Givenchy the collection is called “It’s a Jungle out there” which inspired by the television documentary on gazelles” the collection is interesting from where the inspiration begins in the first place, and how the designer interpret it in this way. I like the animal and fierce look in this collection I’ve learn from this article that ideas is unlimited and inspiration can come from many things and can always turned into an art work if you do it with passion.

References:

1.  Watt, Judith (2012) Alexander McQueen Fashion Visionary published 2012 by Goodman books Limited, London

2. Vogue PLC (2011) Alexander McQueen Spring/Summer 2012 Ready-To-Wear Collection Available from: http://www.vogue.co.uk/shows/spring-summer-2012-ready-to-wear/alexander-mcqueen/collection [Accessed 20/10/17]

3. Thomas. DANA (2015) Alexander McQueen: The fashion show that made his name. Telegraph 14th February.