Alexander McQueen S/S 11 LookBook

[Unknownpleasures]

I don't like the aesthetics or the constant use of certain elements like that belt ,which I think looks outdated (and repetitive) all the prints look very baroque too ,so I kind of just see something pirates would wear... not bad,but very different to what he used to do and was famous for (other than the crazy cuts).

 

[neonsprinkles]

The gold, symmetrical printed, elongated dress is great- it looks like a stained glass window. Though some of the rest of the looks get a bit repetitive. At first, Sarah's initial womenswear collection for McQueen (the Cruise collection, referencing the Samurai-shoulders, the faint salmon color pallet)- many pointed out how incredibly soft it was and now with this collection she's making the identity become even softer.

Even when Lee did do a sort of delicate romance (such as his spring 2007 collection), there was an obscure, ghostly strictness that made that softness have sort of... indescribable, almost-deceptive, dreary allure to it. It was his signature. I can see why people miss the old McQueen identity.

But give her some time, she's got big shoes to fill. Though I miss the old identity a lot- I do hope that Sarah takes this softer McQueen identity into a more defined realm.

 

[girlalamode]

It's a shame you lose a lot of the detail with the white on white

 

[mishmashmosh]

I agree that the dresses are simple and wearable, but the collection lost the edge that the runway version had.

Where are the beautiful butterflies, flowers and embroideries?

McQueen was never mainstream...
His style is too "elaborate" and "weird" for some people.

I guess Sarah Burton is trying to be more commercial now...

I completely agree with ZFashionBlog. There are a couple of lovely pieces in the lookbook but much of the edge and fantasy and grandeur that I've come to associate with McQueen has been lost. I get that stuff needs to be commercialized in order to sell but I feel like it's gone too much to that side.

 

[get fashion]

The Resort collection LookBook was 100000 better

 

[marjanthelion]

i like it a lot