Alexander McQueen Pre-Fall 2022 London

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[Phuel]

Solid, straightforward and skilled tailoring and dressmaking, as always. The suitings and leathers are for stylish women to make all their very own, without caring to look like a clown just for the sake of 15min of being “edgy/groundbreaking/faSHON” nonsense. And that’s nothing to be ashamed of in an era where even so-called couture offerings can’t even get the tailoring right.

Her casting is, as they say— a choice. And I get it; this is an era where the plain-Jane is favoured in place of the untouchable, unreal and surreal beauty. And the otherworldly vision of McQueen the man is long long long gone. And frankly, the better for it since no one will ever come close to him— at least not in our lifetime. And vey glad Sarah has dropped all the desperately-seeking-to-be-hard gimmicky styling fodders that’s been nothing but distracting and annoying (... although that ugly duckling alphabet-embroidered nonsense looks hilariously out of place amongst the swans here). The impact would have been more powerful if these designs were simply presented on wooden mannequins— or just hangers.

 

[Deleted member 167090]

At least she knows how to construct the clothes. Besides that, it is a typical Sarah Burton collection that seldom pushes the boundaries. To say that, I like her early collections for McQueen.

 

[Drusilla_]

Sarah was never about pushing the boundaries to begin with, but I like the execution of her collections - they still have some of that dramatic quality that's the backbone of McQueen as a brand (this was not ever going to be a normcore athleisure house even when that was the popular look, and isn't going to cave to y2k looks just because that's 'in' now).

 

[Nomar]

Fabulous tailoring as always but horrible prints and embroidery.

 

[Deleted member 1957]

Love this, maybe she should takeover at Burberry. The sweater with the extra sleeve is creepy af!