Alexander McQueen Pre-Fall 2013

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[Egoiste]

i think the end of collection, those religious pieces are stunning. but the rest is boring...

 

[Melancholybaby]

The collection is divided for me in two parts: the practical, wearable clothes and then clothes fit for a medieval production of "King Arthur".

 

[Spike413]

It's beautiful of course, and I still maintain two years later that Burton excels at pre-collections more so than she does runway, but her approach to McQueen is getting a bit tiresome. It's always grand, it's always romanticized, it's always dramatic....there's nothing that keeps you guessing, no excitement, no hint of an edge.

I know McQueen himself was often taken with history but his clothes weren't always historic looking.

 

[Moofins]

Maybe it isn't crazy-exciting, but I find it really beautiful.

 

[mistress_f]

the first part of the collection is a mess. a repetitive one. i'm so tired of seeing the same stuff from sara again and again.

but the last pieces, omg! so austere, with the religious influences, the cuts, capes, colors. it looks like i'm looking at two different collections here. hopefully she'll go down that route in the future

 

[vandekamp]

This is very beautiful. I can definitely see religious and medieval (it looks a bit fairy tale-esque) influences.

 

[anlabe32]

These are truly stunning

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[chloesaab]

the last few pieces are amazing, everything else is boring and repetitive

 

[Crying Diamonds]

It's beautiful of course, and I still maintain two years later that Burton excels at pre-collections more so than she does runway, but her approach to McQueen is getting a bit tiresome. It's always grand, it's always romanticized, it's always dramatic....there's nothing that keeps you guessing, no excitement, no hint of an edge.

I know McQueen himself was often taken with history but his clothes weren't always historic looking.

I just find myself wanting to scream 'Do something else - you're designing for the name of Alexander McQueen!' It kills me.
She does the same silhouettes, uses the same ideas over and over. The most adventurous thing she does in terms of cut is a basic A-line shape which she turns into a cape, or a big dress, which just evokes the gruesome twosome at Valentino; hoping noone will notice if they show something basic and coat it in beads, flowers, frills, or in this case, laser-cutting.
McQueen was a genius because he could marry unique cut and unique embellishment to create something completely revolutionary. We are swimming in basic pretty dresses with that attractive bit of Swarovski detailing; unique cut is what is lacking in fashion, and McQueen is the house I should be looking towards to find it.

 

[disco54]

I like this, its difficult to do religious themes, but Burton does it very well.

 

[Phuel]

It's beautiful of course, and I still maintain two years later that Burton excels at pre-collections more so than she does runway, but her approach to McQueen is getting a bit tiresome. It's always grand, it's always romanticized, it's always dramatic....there's nothing that keeps you guessing, no excitement, no hint of an edge.

I know McQueen himself was often taken with history but his clothes weren't always historic looking.

Definitely. And I like her much better as a tailor than a designer-- or should I say, if she were designing under her own name instead of having the quite-impossiblly high standards set by McQueen the man himself, to follow, I think she would be amazing.

Sarah just does not come from the same place McQueen came from to unleash such brilliance and vision season after season, show after show. She doesn't have tales to tell the way he did. And that's not an insult on her, as most designers-- no matter how good, are not from the same world as McQueen.

I hope she's able to free herself eventually from the constraints and legacy of her former mentor. She's such a exceptional tailor and when she just keeps it simple and sparse, she does wonders to the female form. All the theatrics and dramatics she puts on to remind people it's "Alexander McQueen" does nothing to flatter her skills, but undermines it.

 

[Nymphaea]

I'm really getting bored, the same AGAIN, please do something new. With each collection I think nice, but again the same silhouettes, and still each time I'm hoping for something new. I'm still hoping.

 

[beedonaldson]

I'm not a fan of any of the ruffled pieces, but I love the dramatic robes and heavy, rich materials.

 

[ALAUU]

Riccardo Tisci wishes he could do church-chic this well. It's a tad bit stale, but what do you expect with a religion-based collection.

 

[TaylorBinque]

as beautiful as it is, it becomes quite predictable what she'll offer in terms of shapes and silhouettes.