Alexander McQueen F/W 2024.25 Paris

[WAVES]

if you go to London on a long weekend cr*stal m*th bender from Friday afternoon to Monday morning you can already see 90% of these looks.

a very mediocre collection.

the knitwear was good.

 

[Eufemia]

Just no 💀. The audacity to present this???

 

[GivenchyHomme]

It’s getting dragged on Instagram!

 

[ghostwriter10549]

I dont know if that matters anymore, but this is not McQueen. I see McQueens ideias (and thats why i like it a little bit), but not McQueen executions. I dont know if im too purist when it comes to McQueen, but at the end of the day you have to be a master and a freak to do McQueen. Like why not make the mirror broken glass look like it was shoot by a gun? That is just a exemple of how you need to go that extra mile to cross the line and give us that type of fashion.

 

[GivenchyHomme]

if you go to London on a long weekend cr*stal m*th bender from Friday afternoon to Monday morning you can already see 90% of these looks.

a very mediocre collection.

the knitwear was good.

 

[lanvinray]

Sean's take on McQueen is truly an abomination of Lee's legacy

 

[susseinmcswanny]

It's lame dunking on easy targets but I cannot get over how much of a mess this was I can't blame anyone for the outrage posts all over the content creator universe. I'm so confused what went on when they hired him. Did they meet him in real life? And nobody high up checked in on the progress of putting this together?? No "Heyy, how's it going what is this"? Can there be a vote of confidence?? I don't think execs care about the vibe deviating away from the original name but what did they see here that they thought had potential? All publicity is good publicity? This is such a disaster I'm shocked!! And also nitpicking but what the f*ck is "Aston Martin blue" ? That is not a thing... I don't understand what's going on

 

[susseinmcswanny]

Even just the show itself like what?? Him talking about being being inspired by attitudes of the models in the 90s? Everyone had unremarkable hair and face and walked in a straight line procession... I am soooo confused I feel crazy

 

[gallianostan]

Even just the show itself like what?? Him talking about being being inspired by attitudes of the models in the 90s? Everyone had unremarkable hair and face and walked in a straight line procession... I am soooo confused I feel crazy

there's no logic to be extrapolated from this show or collection; just accept that he doesn't know what the f*ck he's doing

 

[jeanclaude]

It's lame dunking on easy targets but I cannot get over how much of a mess this was I can't blame anyone for the outrage posts all over the content creator universe. I'm so confused what went on when they hired him. Did they meet him in real life? And nobody high up checked in on the progress of putting this together?? No "Heyy, how's it going what is this"? Can there be a vote of confidence?? I don't think execs care about the vibe deviating away from the original name but what did they see here that they thought had potential? All publicity is good publicity? This is such a disaster I'm shocked!! And also nitpicking but what the f*ck is "Aston Martin blue" ? That is not a thing... I don't understand what's going on

I presume the execs here came from other industries (like that guy from Tesco? was it Tesco? not remember it exactly)...so they don´t know anything about fashion. Nor they care to learn.

 

[susseinmcswanny]

I'm gonna shut up after this but it's so apathetic (surprise what am I even talking about, this is Kering) just throwing away everything done before you. Like because obviously McQueen is dead and we live in a world where this business has to go on for whatever reason, the vision would be someone else's periodt regardless. It'd never be the same. But when Sarah was brought on yeah she shifted the vibe over time but she came in genuinely taking in everything to learn about and understand what he did in the past and be respectful in bringing the name into the future under her vision. I don't know how this works but if this seriously was just as simple as Kering being like "Yeah no these 18 year olds have credit cards now bye! Oil up that revolving door!" man just press the detonate button I don't care.

 

[nonfatgoddess]

I’m a little saddened when I saw almost everyone on social media got enraged by this and threw so much hate on Sean. As much as I want to show some sympathy to the poor guy and give him like a grace period of maybe 2-3 more seasons, I really cannot justify this collection. I watched it again and it’s just bad! Based on this debut, I don’t see a future for him at McQueen and he’s not what McQueen needs creatively (as if Kering cares). A lot of the clothes looked poorly made and I see no refinement in his work. Idk, maybe he could’ve consulted with Sarah Burton? His POV and the way he referenced the archives is very weak. Also, after watching his post-show interviews, I also can’t help but notice that he’s clueless to the work he’s doing. This is clearly a reflection of what’s happening over at Kering. They’re such a hot mess right now.

 

[Nimsay]

You guys dont wanna hear this …. that white blazer with the big shoulders and flared sleeves; its exactly what people expect McQ RTW to look like. I fear this will sell well.

 

[Kanzai]

^^Agree with @nonfatgoddess. I feel bad for him to be at Mcqueen, poor guy. This Kering group sucks, they are getting out of hand

 

[FashionFanatico]

All your hate makes me sick.
we all agree that he's at the wrong place at the wrong time.
But i blame the executives at Kering for this. it's seems like a formula to me.

To find something good in all this: i really loved the venue with the white parachutes blowing in wind & the powerful opening look. I think it started really good.... but...yeah...

I wish Sean has a loving circle of good friends and family around him right now.

 

[gallianostan]

i'm sorry but all this sh*t about 'cut him some slack', 'he's so young', blah blah blah is so redundant

this is a thirty-something year-old white man who is being paid six or seven figures to come up with less than a hundred or so looks per year. he's not some tortured artist or guy that's been hard done by. he had a brief to meet and a certain proposition to make as the creative director of a storied fashion house with a well-defined and easily recognisable set of codes.

he has a whole team around him, unlimited budgets, books, film/show footage and resources that he can avail himself of, and most importantly, an archive of work spanning THIRTY years that he has free license to rip off and take inspiration from. he has functioning eyes, qualifications from arguably the best fashion school in the world (although even that is debatable in 2024, given recent cohorts of alumni) and i hope some basic common fashion sense.

so there is absolutely no reason whatsoever for this collection and show to be as f*cking tragic as it is. stop infantilising this man because he's cute or young or whatever. lee and john were in their thirties when they were producing some of their best work ever - age isn't an excuse. he has thirty years of fabulous clothes and ideas to work with. the results are so pathetic it's almost a joke. he just doesn't take this seriously and you can gleam as much from those abysmal backstage interviews.

i said it was going to be a disaster from the moment it was announced and i was right. fire the guy and get someone else in ASAP. he just does not get mcqueen AT ALL

 

[andrew]

man i'm always a supporter of putting it all out there but this sh*t just does not work.

as freakish as mcqueen could be, it was always had an undercurrent of desirability. burton was a lot more reserved in her take on the brand but still retained razor sharp tailoring.

this was just sloppy and the the blue... thing... just looked like my kids playing roblox.

 

[Cocteau Stone]

I waited for images because I can’t really sit through the video. Hearing the Enya on the small gram snippets was eye rolling enough.

If I’m being honest, if this were a shorter, more concise collection it wouldn’t be far off from a JW Anderson or other similar CSM graduate collection. Really with all the hoopla of it all, the criticism, the exchange of backhanded pleasantries to keep the sponsorship and conglomerate payrolls coming through, it’s a nothing kind of collection. It’s incredibly non-descript and there’s little point of view on show here.

He’s also not a confident designer. I’m sure the pressure of being at McQueen/Kering would knock it around it a fair bit, but there’s too much here to grasp any cohesion, and there’s an insufferable amount of repetition for things don’t work.

Same with the Jil Sander collection, if this were presented at another brand I don’t think it would garner that much of a response. It’s all just kind of there and not really doing anything. It’s offensive because it’s at McQueen, but at large it doesn’t really offer much of a response.

 

[blueorchid]

I'm still trying to understand Aston Martin blue.

 

[gallianostan]

aston martin blue is the new ancora red