Alexander McQueen Mens S/S 07 Milan

[ultramarine]

Hum ... the designers are on a romantic mood ... and McQueen translates it VERY well... he always borrowed his -menswear- tailoring into his donna/femme/womenswear collections and he's borrowing his signature palette of dust pinks and neutrals (and some pastels) into his menswear ... he's developing season after season a style and a goal customer ... I like what I see ... there's some stuff I wudnt wear but he does bring something into the plate -menswear- ... in a few words:

Lee, why wont you marry me?

 

[Diorling]

After browsing the whole lot on men.style.com, I think some of it is REALLY dull, I absolutely detest pleated pants aswell...Not my most favorite of his collections, not as bad as S/S 05 though...

Personal Faves:

^ Are those the same outfits?

 

[stilettogirl84]

After browsing the whole lot on men.style.com, I think some of it is REALLY dull, I absolutely detest pleated pants aswell... Are those the same outfits?

I agree- it looked better in the other pics

and pleated pants are just bad- on men, on women- BAD

 

[Zazie]

Too sepia-toned, "Great Gatsby"/Agatha Christie movie for me. Wrong vibe.

 

[trueblue]

Nearly everything in post 5 looks great. The suits throughout and the grey coat in the 2nd photo. I much prefer this to the previous couple of seasons

 

[tricotineacetat]

I must say, I really, really like this collection.

Even though it is obviously addressing a fashion-oriented customer, none of these looks seem gaudy or overdesigned... Perhaps it's because of the impeccable craft that Mcqueen's menswear doesn't strike me as "silly"... I personally don't have a problem with pleated pants, as long as they are worn low on the hips, not too figure hugging.

That light blue dinner jacket with silver shawl collar and overall-wrinkled aspect is gorgeous... <3

 

[faust]

I like this too, not so much for myself, but I could see a lot of it on someone else. The pieces looks beautiful. For myself, I'd pick the pants in the last picture. I don't know if they are cut that way, or just the picture caught the model walking, but there is something gorgeous about that silhouette - a little draping, a little movement. It's alive!

 

[PrinceOfCats]

There's always a slight hint of 'Pass me my pith-helmet, while I shoot some natives, Julian' to McQueen's collections...

 

[faust]

There's always a slight hint of 'Pass me my pith-helmet, while I shoot some natives, Julian' to McQueen's collections...

from nom.se

 

[Miss Galliano]

Is this book a nice roman ?

 

[baklanyc]

I've been into pleated pants as a fashion statement for the past several years - after all these flat fronts, it's inevitable. Right now, it has to be done with some irony, and very specifically. I loved the huge pleated pants Raf showed last Fall (which was an extreme case that unfortunately never got delivered to the US), but the general mood designers have been adopting is discrete, tight pleats on more fitted silhouettes (as opposed to...er...Dockers). I love how it adds to the ease in silhouette here in McQueen's collection, as opposed to adding volume less as a fashion statement, but more to be forgiving of the wearer's less-than-fit silhouette (which is one reason Dockers/pleats are so despised by fashion types here in the US).

 

[Miss Galliano]

but i think it is the new trend .. it is more sophistiscated .. so powerful very romantic

 

[jennifer~]

Yes please

Agatha Christie movie

I'm getting a Death on the Nile feeling too - especially from the mosquito-netted hats... But I couldn't be more in the mood for it...

 

[Avantster]

I also enjoyed the overall mood of the collection.

While not really for me as whole, I do appreciate some of the individual pieces as they look just gorgeous (I'm with you tricot on that wrinkled light blue dinner jacket with silver shawl collar )

 

[faust]

Is this book a nice roman ?

that depends on what you mean by "nice"

 

[PrinceOfCats]

Does anyone know what McQueen directly cites as his influences for this collection?

Is this book a nice roman ?

It's the paranoiac, possibly racist, ramblings of a barely sane (Polish-) Englishman. But that's pretty much a short history of English literature...

 

[visconti]

Does anyone know what McQueen directly cites as his influences for this collection?

Style.com says that the collection is called "Harlem", but not so much in reference to the NYC neighborhood, but as an anagram for Mahler and the use of his music in "Death in Venice". Given your avatar, I assume you're familiar with it. It's been a couple of years, so I can't remember exactly what the clothes look like, but veiling and curtains between the pillars do remind me of the movie. I think someone mentioned the models having a slow, relaxed walk, which would also relate to the less-than-brisk pace in the movie.

The name also furthers the pith-helmet vibe- even if it is unintentional.

 

[faust]

Style.com says that the collection is called "Harlem", but not so much in reference to the NYC neighborhood, but as an anagram for Mahler and the use of his music in "Death in Venice". Given your avatar, I assume you're familiar with it. It's been a couple of years, so I can't remember exactly what the clothes look like, but veiling and curtains between the pillars do remind me of the movie. I think someone mentioned the models having a slow, relaxed walk, which would also relate to the less-than-brisk pace in the movie.

The name also furthers the pith-helmet vibe- even if it is unintentional.

They made a movie out of that?

 

[PrinceOfCats]

McQueen's always bollocking on about how he takes his inspiration from pop culture but it's actually all about Marcel Proust (or something). So it fits that he says the collection is about Harlem (pop culture reference). But really it's about Mahler, but Mahler is only within the context of a film (pop culture), but the film is based on a novel (high culture). And let's not even talk about the opera...

What fun one can have with palimpsests and ginger-ale...

 

[Miss Galliano]

looks great !!!!