Alexander McQueen S/S 10 Paris

[MiuMiuiluvit09]

i keep coming back to this! i love the collection soo much

 

[mikeijames]

if only lee mcqueen had a way to translate his genius designs into something that might actually turn a profit for his house. since no one seems to notice: he's clearly trying to close in on the vacuum that theyskens left with respect to the super "it shoe" with those almost unwearable designs. and while they're fanciful, one wonders how many women -- really, in the world -- both find them beautiful and have the money to pay for these near sculptures.

as always, these clothes find themselves utterly impeccable. i'm a little worried however because many of these pieces seem like he's doing an imitation of himself. there's a spiritual disconnect between the work he's doing right now and the work he showed when we knew his heart was in it. also, i'm quite dismayed at how these clothes seem to say nothing about our times at all. they'll certainly make for wonderful editorial fodder in the midst of all of the other futurism we've seen however.

 

[from: sophia]

Best of the season by far already watched the video twice I want a pair of the insane shoes.

 

[diesanni]

It's totaly amazing and entirely unwearable. It'll look perfect in editorials but apart from very few items I don't see anyone actually wearing this without causing a riot of the embarrassing kind.

 

[thefashionizer]

all i could think as i watched this was "oh nooooo, more ammunition for Anna Dello Russo to look even more ridiculous next season."

 

[fashionismydrug]

It's totaly amazing and entirely unwearable. It'll look perfect in editorials but apart from very few items I don't see anyone actually wearing this without causing a riot of the embarrassing kind.

But I wish people would wear it in real life. It would make things so much more interesting...

 

[pingy1030]

McQueen is a genius. I love him to death, and hope that he makes enough profit to keep producing what he does best.

Not my favorite show of his but this was incredible.

 

[ohmydays]

is there any more detail hqs?

 

[Deleted member 7575]

if only lee mcqueen had a way to translate his genius designs into something that might actually turn a profit for his house. since no one seems to notice: he's clearly trying to close in on the vacuum that theyskens left with respect to the super "it shoe" with those almost unwearable designs. and while they're fanciful, one wonders how many women -- really, in the world -- both find them beautiful and have the money to pay for these near sculptures.

Mcqueen has done sculptural surrealist shoes before Theyskens bothered with the idea. I think it's clear that half of what was done for this show, the shoes, the stage with Nick Knight, the Lady Gaga finale, were to draw attention and in a way relaunch the brand. When PPR took over Gucci group they gave all their unprofitable brands a deadline to get out of the red, if they weren't making money I doubt they would have bothered with such a production.

The real story of this collection are the prints and we'll see them on everything from t-shirts to knit dresses, to accessories come February. And you know what? The prints are so strong is that they'll sell a 2k jersey dress like it was laced with platinum.

I went into the Mcqueen store in meatpacking and not only were there wonderful wearable clothes that still maintained the designer's integrity and vision, but women (and men) were snapping it up. If you look at his line, Mcqueen has got his product range down in concrete, and I wouldn't be surprised if he sells quite well. The budget for this show had to be staggering, I can't imagine PPR would ok such an expense, not in this economy, if the brand was struggling.

Spring 08

from style.com

 

[YSL Doll]

This collection is the most artistic of the spring collections.

 

[FashionPower]

The clothes reminds me a lot of the SS09 collection,but in a creepy and attractive way.The show is so cool,Mcqueen surely knows how to entertain his clientele and the audience
The shoes are so insanely and ridicously high!GREAT!

 

[girlalamode]

This collection absolutely blew my mind! The hair, the shoes! McQueen does fantasy like no other, i mean, Atlantis!? Incredible!

 

[educo]

It feels like deja vu, but no one can creep us out more than mcqueen.

 

[sonja1980]

the BEST show. just amazing!

 

[Nicolasa]

some details of the prosthesis in HQ:

vogue.co.uk

they remind me of the artist Orlan and her plastic surgery performances:

photobucket.com

 

[mikeijames]

When PPR took over Gucci group they gave all their unprofitable brands a deadline to get out of the red, if they weren't making money I doubt they would have bothered with such a production....
I went into the Mcqueen store in meatpacking and not only were there wonderful wearable clothes that still maintained the designer's integrity and vision, but women (and men) were snapping it up. If you look at his line, Mcqueen has got his product range down in concrete, and I wouldn't be surprised if he sells quite well. The budget for this show had to be staggering, I can't imagine PPR would ok such an expense, not in this economy, if the brand was struggling.

um, do you really think the big wigs at ppr would put the house of alexander mcqueen on the auction block in this economy and they'd certainly not cut him short if they'd expect his house to garner top dollar should they decide to sell. if you look at the other ppr properties and how they inched their ways toward profitability, you'd notice that they've all done a spectacular job of actually creating things that become "bestsellers." whether it's a bottega tote, a gucci boot, a stella jacket, a ysl platform, or a balenciaga bag, they all have something that people want and buy over and over and over. i just don't know whether mcqueen's design's translate into sales quite as seamlessly.

i mean, this show may have cost a mint, but i seriously wonder whether he'll even turn a profit with it.

 

[VersaceLuva586]

I can't even click on those pics of the models faces!


Just plain weird and scary

 

[Running River]

One of the best shows EVER.

 

[zhaopian]

brilliant! everything about it, and the fact that he did this during the "crisis" when so many others are trying to play it safe makes me love him even more. the message is good, we need some display of freedom of thinking like that and more often.

btw does anyone know what the music is he is using at the beginning, it is extremely cryptic and captivating, i would love to listen to it more...

 

[runner]

I'm reminded of anteater in some way by the shoe form.


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