Alexander McQueen F/W 2006.07 Paris

[JJohnson]

OMG I love this collection. Its so wearable! Wow if I was there I would have gave him a standing ovation as well. I cant wait to see more! Especially the video. I wonder what kind of music was playing there

 

[Callidora]

The entire collection is up at style.com!!

 

[JJohnson]

The entire collection is up at style.com!!

I know I'm already looking at it

 

[JJohnson]

I like that plane headpiece, it seems like something Moschino would do

 

[Cosette]

It's 3:30 am and I can't sleep... and of all the nights to not sleep, this is the one. My favourites...
(style.com)

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[Ceptuouse]

Style.com

PARIS, March 3, 2006 – Only Alexander McQueen could provide the astonishing feat of techno-magic that ended his show. Inside an empty glass pyramid, a mysterious puff of white smoke appeared from nowhere and spun in midair, slowly resolving itself into the moving, twisting shape of a woman enveloped in the billowing folds of a white dress. It was Kate Moss, her blonde hair and pale arms trailing in a dream-like apparition of fragility and beauty that danced for a few seconds, then shrank and dematerialized into the ether.

This vision was in fact a state-of-the-art hologram—a piece by the video maker Baillie Walsh, art-directed by McQueen. The gown, a pale cascade of multiple organza ruffles, wasn't just an optical effect, though. It subsequently reappeared in the collection's victory line up, which wound its way around the glass box as the audience was still reverberating with wonder at witnessing this incredible event.

The quality of the performance—and the extraordinary workmanship in the clothes that preceded it—was a timely reconfirmation of McQueen’s unique powers as a showman-designer, and a far cry from the more straightforward presentations he’s given the last few seasons. For this collection, he delved into his past, revisiting his Scottish family roots and refining the contents of the rampaging tartan "Highland r*pe" show with which he began his career in London in the early nineties. Shorn of its original rawness and anger, the result was a poetic and technically accomplished tale that involved romantic images of Scottish fantasy heroines wandering glens and castle halls in vaguely Victorian tartan crinolines, bird-wing or antler-and-lace headdresses, feathered gowns, and pieces made from brocades that might have been dragged down from ancient wall-hangings.

Some of McQueen’s references—like the ones that influenced his sinuous black velvet dresses—appeared to be culled from pre-Raphaelite paintings of Lady Macbeth; others, like a fierce, bell-skirted warrior-woman plaid dress with lace armlets, seemed to owe more to punk. On the down-to-earth side, there was plenty of McQueen’s sharp and salable tailoring on show, and some great coats, like a herringbone fur chesterfield. At the end, though, the ecstatic applause was primarily in honor of the experience—a memory that will go down as one of fashion’s all-time highs.

 

[melt977]

Is there a video of the show somewhere on the web???

 

[titania]

Thanks for that excerpt JR1 . This show is really interesting..... I'm in love with that coat that Gemma modelled.....

 

[Ceptuouse]

There will be a video on style.com in a few days melt977

 

[suckmytoes]

Alexander McQueen, if you can hear me - I am in love with you! I loved every piece in this collection - once again. Genius!

 

[melt977]

Thanks JR1

 

[Ceptuouse]

^ Its ok, thinking about it, it could be on the www.alexandermcqueen.com website...but I wouldnt get your hopes up for that because I think the S/S 2005 video was a one off

 

[j´adore dior]

i loved the collection like i haven´t in a while and it kept reminding me of his work for Givenchy wich i still miss after all this years because it was a perfect combination of clothing that can actually be sell and worn not only by Isabella Blow (not that im against the theatrics in any way, and im not saying it sarcastically), that if not Couture well deserve that title, the headpieces, the proportions, the silhouettes, the shoes, the color palette, the details, etc..., all is absolutelly astonishing, some of the outfits that literally dropped my yaw when watching them for the first time on style.com were:

etc, ect...
i love the extra wide lapels on the jackets and coats and the only thing i wish i could have seen better was Daria´s dress, the beautiful coat covers the beautiful dress.

 

[fashion_love]

I liked nearly all of the pieces.

 

[JJohnson]

I LOVE that nude like dress ^^^ it is amazing! I cant wait to see the video

 

[Zazie]

"At the end, though, the ecstatic applause was primarily in honor of the experience—a memory that will go down as one of fashion’s all-time highs."

Hmm...a very ambiguous review. A lot of description of what we can obviously see, stating what we already know (accomplished construction, impressive technical feats, romantic, period references, McQ going back to roots, getting rid of the bloody punk aspects, etc.) but the last statement gave it away - applause was *primarily* for the show experience. He's going the way of Galliano.

 

[Lena]

one of the best from McQueen to date
a real excellent and poetic collection, he's in great form

 

[melt977]

"At the end, though, the ecstatic applause was primarily in honor of the experience—a memory that will go down as one of fashion’s all-time highs."

Hmm...a very ambiguous review. A lot of description of what we can obviously see, stating what we already know (accomplished construction, impressive technical feats, romantic, period references, McQ going back to roots, getting rid of the bloody punk aspects, etc.) but the last statement gave it away - applause was *primarily* for the show experience. He's going the way of Galliano.

To me it sounds more like a weakness ofthe reviewr to comment properly! Or maybe she was just too overwhelmed by the experience she forgot to detail the clothes...

 

[JJohnson]

I dunno, if i was there i would stand up and clap too Oh BTW I love that dress Lily Donaldson is wearing! Beautiful!

 

[Lena]

I dunno, if i was there i would stand up and clap too !

joining in the standing ovation..
love the way he used tartan and the 'turn of the century' inspired dresses are amazing..
i only disagree on the amount of fur/feathers used in this collection..