Showing posts with label Alexander McQueen. Show all posts
Showing posts with label Alexander McQueen. Show all posts
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Tuesday, January 22, 2013
Alexander McQueen Spring/Summer 2013 Ad Campaign
Here's the new Alexander McQueen Spring/Summer 2013 ad campaig featuring one of my favorite models, Raquel Zimmerman, and photographed by David Sims.
I guess there's not much to say... "A picture is worth a thousand words."
I guess there's not much to say... "A picture is worth a thousand words."
Saturday, January 8, 2011
Sarah Burton on taking McQueen's position
"For quite a long time I didn't want the job," Sarah said. "I thought: how would I ever even begin to begin? Lee's mind was so different to everyone else's. I knew there was no way I could pretend to be him; but I had to ask myself, what did Lee work for? For all this to close down? I thought about what I wanted. What was best for me. Like many women my age, I do want children, but I came to think that that's not a reason not to take up a challenge. In the end, I decided to just get on with it: do my best." She also reveals details from her job interview with McQueen... "I remember Lee asking me, 'Do you believe in UFOs?'"
Hope I can get the British Vogue to read more about her.
Hope I can get the British Vogue to read more about her.
Wednesday, December 8, 2010
Alexander McQueen by Nick Knight
Like two days ago I posted an entry about Alexander McQueen getting the Outstanding Achievement Award at the British Fashion Awards. Also I named a video that Nick Knight was doing, also styled by Edward Enninful and with a soundtrack by Björk.
So thanks to my friend Faby, I got the chance to see the video and of course, start my emotional rollercoaster, loving every second of the video, listening to Björk and also kinda teary and sad because of Lee's absence in this world.
So thanks to my friend Faby, I got the chance to see the video and of course, start my emotional rollercoaster, loving every second of the video, listening to Björk and also kinda teary and sad because of Lee's absence in this world.
I think the video is a master piece and McQueen's designs go beyond anything that we've ever imagined to see on a runway, plus Knight's amazing images and Björk's unique voice.
God save McQueen
To Lee, With Love, Nick - A Tribute to Alexander McQueen By Nick Knight from SHOWstudio on Vimeo.
Monday, December 6, 2010
An award for McQueen
Tomorrow at the British Fashion Awards, Alexander McQueen will receive a posthumous award for his contribution to fashion. Stephen Jones, Vivienne Westwood and John Galliano are some of the designer who have won this prize before.
To celebrate this unique event/award, Nick Knight will present a film he directed featuring Lee's most iconic pieces, styled by Edward Enninful and with a soundtrack by Björk.
"This film is my way of speaking about a very unique and important person who changed my life. My desire was to speak in some way about the dark and the light contained within Lee, and within us all," Nick Knight said.
"This film is my way of speaking about a very unique and important person who changed my life. My desire was to speak in some way about the dark and the light contained within Lee, and within us all," Nick Knight said.
"The Outstanding Achievement Award celebrates the exceptional talent of an individual who has contributed to the British fashion industry, both internationally and here in the UK, throughout their career," Harold Tillman explained. There was only one person we felt we could recognise with this award this year - Lee McQueen."
"We are honoured to accept the BFC Outstanding Achievement in Fashion Award and that the British Fashion Council have recognised Lee's work and contribution to the British fashion industry," Jonathan Akeroyd, chief executive of Alexander McQueen, said.
As I've always said, McQueen could never be replaced and his work will be recognize everywhere, his legacy is one of a kind, his work, unique.
R.I.P Lee
Wednesday, September 22, 2010
Alexander McQueen Memorial
Seven months after McQueen took his life, another memorial took place during this 2011 London Fashion Week at the Saint Paul's Cathedral. There's not much to say about this, just another gloomy day to honored the greatest designer the world would ever meet: Lee.
All of his friends were there, including Sarah Jessica Parker, Naomi Campbell, Stella McCartney, Kate Moss and Björk, who performed "Gloomy Sunday", wearing an amazing feathered skirt and a top made out of wood and the structure give us the idea of wings.
At the end of this memorial, a chrous performed dressed in tartan kilts. So McQueen.
He took his life in February, before his mother was buried. And after all this time, everyone who admire his work is still missing him. An unreplaceable designer, le enfant terrible.
God save McQueen
Here's a video recorded by someone who went to the memorial... Björk's performance is heart breaking...
Friday, June 25, 2010
Sarah Burton for McQueen Menswear Spring/Summer 2011
Back in February, the greatest designer that the world have met, died. Now four months after, the Gucci Group is trying to keep his legacy alive (and also the incomes), so now, McQueen's fashion house is directed by Sarah Burton, who was his right hand since 1996. So her turn came and she presented her first collection, showing the house aesthetic.
The show was named "Pomp and Circumstance", it has some nice elements like high collars, morning suits, jackets (that was always a key piece in McQueen's). Of course it was not going to be the same, Burton might has worked for 14 years with Lee, but they would never thing the same way. I liked the collection, it reminds me a little bit of his work, but it's not the same. She's on a really hard position, everyone's waiting to see what' she is doing, if she's going to do it right or if she's going to mess it up.
In my opinion, the collection lacked of Alexander's theatricality, it was not enough with a gold brocade coat (which I loved) and some "smoky" coats. There were good pieces, unusual silhouettes, puffy sleeves... But there's something that I must recognized in her work, as Tim Blanks said: The truest reflection of the McQueen heritage was the sense of a story being told: Burton's interplay between aristo and working-class rough was the latest chapter in a book started nearly two decades ago."
It would be a matter of time and everyone's looking forward to see her work. She has potencial and she has the knowleadge to be leading the McQueen house, and maybe that's why I think she fits in this position, but we'll see...
Friday, May 28, 2010
Sarah Burton is McQueen's new creative director
Finally we got news on what's happening with the McQueen house! Sarah Burton, McQueen's right-hand, has been named creative director. She has been working with the fashion house for the past sixteen years, she was also the head of the womenswear design since 2000 and she was the one who completed the Fall/Winter 2010-2011 collection, after Lee committed suicide.
"The creation of modern, beautifully crafted clothes was at the heart of Lee's vision. I intend to stay true to his legacy," she said. Also the president and CEO for Alexander McQueen, Jonathan Akeroyd, made a great statement about this decision "We are delighted that Sarah has agreed to take on the role of creative director. Having worked alongside Lee McQueen for more than 14 years, she has a deep understanding of his vision, which will allow the company to stay true to its core values."
Of course taking McQueen's place is not something easy, she has a really hard job to do to keep what made this brand unique. Lee's point of view on fashion was one of a kind, was twisted, dark, modern, classic, avant-garde and in my opinion, sooooo flattering to women's body. Everything in a McQueen piece is perfect, details, finishings, fabric, etc. Hopefully she would do a good job, but like a friend said, she has BIG shoes to fill.
Here's something that Cathy Horyn said about Sarah: "She’s the only person really qualified for the job ... She was also responsible for translating Mr. McQueen’s runway collections into commercial pieces, translations which have become sharper in recent years. She is not a star, but she is very well known in the fashion world and, most important, has worked closely over the years with the pattern makers and other technical people, especially in Italy, who produce the McQueen line. In promoting the best-qualified person for the job, and not going outside the house for a name designer not intimately connected to the McQueen story, Gucci Group and McQueen executives have a very positive statement about the business."
Sunday, May 23, 2010
Exclusivity or not?
Federico Martínez, a friend of mine and creator of Un proyecto llamado 365, ask me a question on Twitter and this gave me an idea for an entry. He was asking me what I think about designers going massive and selling low priced designs for Target, he asked me about Zac Posen's.
I remember when I first heard that Stella McCartney was doing a collection for H&M back in 2005. I didn't know much about collaborations, but I find out that Karl Lagerfeld had already made one and it was a huge hit. After that came other designers, collaborating not only for H&M, but also for Target and Adidas and some other brands. Some of them are: Rodarte, Comme des Garçons, Viktor & Rolf, Zac Posen, Alexander McQueen... And others, who are not designers like Madonna and Kylie Minogue. Soon Narciso Rodríguez will be designing an exclusive collection for Ebay.
But the thing here is how this makes designer clothes not exclusive, that's what Fede's wondering. I have a different point of view here. Designers have their brands and they give all for their own collections, the best materials, best finishings, luxe, exclusivity. Let's take McQueen's example. If you see his Spring 2010 collection who will see the amount of work in every piece, starting with the armadillo shoes and followed by other like the craftmanship in the dresses, where you can see the uniqueness of the print, the quality of the fabric and th embellishment. That's why a McQueen dress costs more than $3500. But McQ for Target was a whole different thing. It has the McQueen signature, but he didn't use brocades or silk, material were more like cotton and polyester.
I don't think that creating a low price collection for any of this brands affects the exclusivity of the designers work. We can compare them because they were designed by the same designer, but they are different. Like I said, materials change, the structure, cuts, embellishments, quantity, etc. This massive collections give the opportunity to fashion lovers to acquire things that if they were not from "McQueen for Target" or "Karl Lagerfeld for H&M", they could never have. It makes high end brands accesible for people who doesn't have $6000 dollars to spend on an ourfit. Has a lower tag price, but has the designer signatuire.
At the same time this collections give the designer an opportunity to sell his/her designs to a different market, in different locations and worldwide (in many cases). So I see it as a great marketing opportunity, people will know about the designer and it will create a new perspective on customers. It makes fashion more accesible and it also helps designers in this rough time that we are going through.
Hope I made myself clear, Fede...
Here I chose some pictures from designer with low price collections.
Rodarte for Target
Karl Lagerfeld for H&M
Zac Posen for Target
Alexander McQueen for Target
Comme des Garçons for H&M
Viktor & Rolf for H&M
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