Alexander McQueen F/W 2007.08 Paris

[Day]

I am so in love with this collection. I could do without the denim, but that's the only part that I don't like. Even that isn't that bad considering.

I also adore the makeup.

 

[Luxx]

He is drawing very clear inspiration from Hollywood film costumes. His Egyptian is much more Elizabeth Taylor (or perhaps Anne Baxter in The Ten Commandments) than anything else and I feel as though quite a few of the other dresses call to mind specific movies. That molded bodice on Vlada's maroon dress reminds me so much of the maroon molded body armor in Eiko Ishioka's costumes for Bram Stoker's Dracula. Hell, a whole lot of it reminded me of Eiko Ishioka, Irene Sharaff and Edith Head. These are high drama clothes, not just film star worthy but film epic worthy. I suppose the underlying message is "Stand out amongst a cast of thousands..."

Those aren't negatives though, everyone has to get inspiration from somewhere. I really like this collection. I think once again McQueen is doing something that isn't really being done right now. Everything is very captivating, not to mention SEXY! I feel like this is McQueen's most overtly sexual collection in quite awhile. This certainly isn't wallflower couture.

 

[brian]

daria looks gorgeous, gemma looks japanese. i like the shoes. that's all.

*oh and elizabeth taylor....

 

[Alejandro]

i dont know what to say.

 

[jssy4eva]

I like the bags.....if the Mcqueen Novak and the Dior Detective had a baby, it would look like this!!!! So beautiful...

 

[Pastry]

wow..hmm, definitely not his best, imho..

 

[flightychild]

It might grow on me, but I'm still undecided on how I feel about this collection. He's definitely done better before.

 

[birdofparadise]

The 90s schitck is starting to wear a little thin. You just somehow want this all to be easier. Daywear is particularly strong, anything that allows him to show off his tailoring is best. Maybe he needs to take a break, go sit on an island for a season, go have a milkshake and a romance, dont think about fabric for a while. Feels stale.

 

[gomtik]

i like the combination of blues and greens, but everything else is... not nice

 

[ilaughead]

I'm not liking it all. But then again, I'm not really a fan of McQueen. It's very commercial, but it's also not coherent...or attractive.

 

[iyemstoopid]

this is so... thierry mugler... way to over the top and frankly it feels quite tacky. the work on the clothes is great, just overdone

 

[Whitelinen]

This was the collection I was looking forward the most. I am very disappointed now. I think the work seen here looks boring and John Galliano-esque. I don't see talent here, I just see someone who copies someone. The Egyptian theme could have been wonderful, but the way McQueen did it was not the one I like. I guess I should say I like traditional Egyptian influences more than those that come from Cleopatra. The clothes just hang on bodies, they don't flatter the bodies at all, and mostly look like they've been painted on.

 

[kuba01]

I never understood McQueen - to me, he is desperately trying to out-do someone like Nicolas Ghesquiere. But his 'innovative' ideas never work! I know people admire his showmanship, but lets be realistic. It's about creating a melange of something wearable and something creative. McQueen's clothes are hardly EVER wearable.

I'm sorry but if I saw a woman/girl walking down the street wearing these pieces, I would think 'costume hire' rather than high fashion. Why do people adore him so much? So many of the pieces in this collection are faux pas - its absolutely, positively ugly, no matter how you look at it.

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[kuba01]

Recycled pieces much?

SS06 (left) and AW 0708 (right)


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[bart]

The 90s schitck is starting to wear a little thin. You just somehow want this all to be easier. Daywear is particularly strong, anything that allows him to show off his tailoring is best. Maybe he needs to take a break, go sit on an island for a season, go have a milkshake and a romance, dont think about fabric for a while. Feels stale.

SERIOUSLY.

1. It's the same problem as last season. It's all fantastic and grand and whatever, but it's totally and completely irrelevant. To fashion and to modern women and like, society writ large. He's so much more interesting when he's able to filter his romantic tendencies and superb tailoring into something that's quite 'street' like the first sequence of his Spring 2003 show.

2. If this is someone's ideal version of women then we are in sooooo much trouble. His work, and the work of other 'fantasy' designers (Galliano, et al) present nothing more than this complete farce and mocking 'vision' of womanhood. It's absurd and degrading and this notion that's been bandied about for decades that men are somehow better equipped to design for women because they don't concern themselves with petty details like practicality or reality (totes boring!) is absolutely ridiculous. I'm all for new ideas and exaggeration to drive home a point and etc. But....no, if you were a women you would NOT wear this. If you were a drag queen, maybe. But drag is taking performative woman-ness to an illogical extreme in an effort to (one would hope) point out gendered codes as just that. Performance. However in most cases it's just cruel and offensive mocking for cheap laughs. So what does it mean when a male designer presents this as an option for living breathing women for their lives? Or presents this as an ideal image of modern women? Seriously, gay men have so much to answer for.

3. It's just ugly. Plain and simple. It's unattractive.

4. I do like the black velvet dress with gold sequin 'hair' embroidery. But it's totals Schiaparelli. He's done seam for seam rip-offs of her work before, along with Vionnet, so...ugh. Biting the work of two of the most prolific female designers ever just adds another layer of offensiveness.

5. The styling with those ugly bags is terribly awkward and desperate.

 

[Whitelinen]

SERIOUSLY.

1. It's the same problem as last season. It's all fantastic and grand and whatever, but it's totally and completely irrelevant. To fashion and to modern women and like, society writ large. He's so much more interesting when he's able to filter his romantic tendencies and superb tailoring into something that's quite 'street' like the first sequence of his Spring 2003 show.

2. If this is someone's ideal version of women then we are in sooooo much trouble. His work, and the work of other 'fantasy' designers (Galliano, et al) present nothing more than this complete farce and mocking 'vision' of womanhood. It's absurd and degrading and this notion that's been bandied about for decades that men are somehow better equipped to design for women because they don't concern themselves with petty details like practicality or reality (totes boring!) is absolutely ridiculous. I'm all for new ideas and exaggeration to drive home a point and etc. But....no, if you were a women you would NOT wear this. If you were a drag queen, maybe. But drag is taking performative woman-ness to an illogical extreme in an effort to (one would hope) point out gendered codes as just that. Performance. However in most cases it's just cruel and offensive mocking for cheap laughs. So what does it mean when a male designer presents this as an option for living breathing women for their lives? Or presents this as an ideal image of modern women? Seriously, gay men have so much to answer for.

3. It's just ugly. Plain and simple. It's unattractive.

4. I do like the black velvet dress with gold sequin 'hair' embroidery. But it's totals Schiaparelli. He's done seam for seam rip-offs of her work before, along with Vionnet, so...ugh. Biting the work of two of the most prolific female designers ever just adds another layer of offensiveness.

5. The styling with those ugly bags is terribly awkward and desperate.

I agree!

 

[The_Ida]

The shoes remind me of Stella McCartney.

Alexander McQueen | Stella McCartney

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[mishahoi]

i LOVE it... im thinking `stargate`...god i loved that movie!

i can already imagine how some of these pieces will be translated for the shops...and they will be completely wearable (sometimes disappointingly so). i love the cream zip-up hoodie, short blue dress, the gold and blue skirt suit and the quilted jackets especially. this direction in futurism is so glamourous, it appeals to me on so many different levels. mcqueen is a winner on my list this season

 

[elle_gb]

ummmm it's weird but it's also beautiful.It looks more like an art object, well not surprise to see these

 

[Dustcakeboy]

I didn't appreciate it much. Galliano has already interpreted Egypt and McQueen jumped on the bandwagon a little too soon.

The signature show-stoppers at the end were FAR from show-stopping, especially that grotesque green velvet number with the golden applique(?)