Alexander McQueen S/S 11 Paris

[eternitygoddess]

OMG THOSE SHOES!

 

[Empress Merel]

The shoes. The clutches! I love everything.

 

[coldlunch]

I'm sorry, I really didn't want to get involved this time, but you've made this point three times, now.

I understand your point about real women buying real clothes (although, please bear in mind that these clothes will serve to drive the sales of similarly patterned/adorned 'real' clothes and accessories, like t-shirts, capes, shawls, scarves, bags and jewellery), but why on earth should it matter if it's a woman producing (what you describe as) costume drama, rather than a man?

Do you really think we're all so sexist against our own gender, that what we would accept from a man, we wouldn't accept from another woman?

Sorry, I'm just a bit confused...

I think you are taking this way out of context.

From what I've observed from fashion history, the most relevant female fashion designers such as Coco Chanel, Donna Karan, and now Pheobe Philo, what they all have in common is their understanding of women and their needs because they themselves are women.

From what they have given through their designs, they allowed women to be liberal from both the physical and the metaphysical form. These women designers, through clothing, gave women confidence to pursue their aspirations and not to conform with the stereotypes of what women should and shouldn't be. Allowed women to function in their daily lives as a mother, a wife, a woman in pursue of her hopes and dreams. All without loosing the true essence of being a woman.

Ultimately, a fashion designer's job in it's pure form is to provide clothes to people so that they can function in real life.

 

[Rigida]

wow this is so beautiful, i think Sarah has done a very good job

 

[Fatalefashion]

Alexander McQueen - S/S 2011 - Full Show (Exclusive on You Tube)

 

[Karen0193]

I loved this show so much.

 

[thefunkykitten]

gorgeous, love it, yummmmmmm, so mcqueen yet so feminine

 

[ParadEyes]

I think I appreciate it more after seeing the details pictures !!

 

[Uemarasan]

I admire the work, the craft, the ideas. But the overall vision? I think we still need to wait a few seasons and see what Sarah Burton's intentions are for the house.

This is respectful without being reverential; some pieces truly evoke the McQueen spirit, and this collection is consistent with the direction and tone that McQueen himself had set with his last few collections with regards to shapes, treatises on prints, embroidery, volume, color. But there is definitely a lightness here. Not exactly in the fabrics (although there is that newly introduced breeziness); it's hard to put my finger on it. There has always been something binding and heavy about McQueen's work, the structure of his clothes seeming to turn into the body itself. The very lightness that Sarah wanted to introduce here is evident in the way that, in spite of the cinched silhouettes, the fabrics seem to reach outward in godets and ruffles, dark garments breathe as they are cut into pieces and look almost as delicate as lace, dark colors bleeding from the body turn into white. There is softness. There is air.

This is exquisite work.

 

[rosalynn]

Those butterfly shoes are the most beautiful shoes I have ever seen on the runway. Ever. Absolutely exquisite. Kidney to the highest bidder, I need those in my life!

 

[whirlygirl]

Bravo Sarah!

 

[softgrey]

More real clothes=more customers=more chances for McQueen to continue.

you said it...and i agree...

how to interpret mcqueen and make it relevant and practical is a far greater challenge than simply paying homage...

and from a practical standpoint...
i don't think sales were so great, even when lee was still around...

my real observation here has to do with the cut and fit of the pieces...
when you do drama on this level...
the execution is crucial...
and we all know that lee was a master tailor...

that is the crucial element that is missing here, imho...
the fit and proportions are not quite right in a number of these looks...
but it really makes one appreciate lee's genius all the more...

 

[Les_Sucettes]

Magnificent! Best collection of the season,

And those butterfly shoes...my god.

 

[tiffany]

Love it, it's an excellent synthesis of his last several seasons

And the butterflies ..

 

[Donatello89]

i agree, spirit is here, we still got "Mc Queen"...

 

[LoraV]

Totally agree with you

Yep me too!
Mix of everything McQueen already did! Looks good, but nobody can replace him... there is nothing magical about those clothes... McQueen brought everything to another place and to me those are just clothes now. McQueen always had something new and inovating and never repeat himself but you could always tell that's McQueen. I miss him

 

[2Nova]

oh man i am just DYING looking at the shoes especially the last pair ughhh heavenly

 

[ultramarine]

Ok, first of all Id like to give a BIG BRAVO to Sarah and her ovaries of STEEL!

I mean who can actually just even try to follow the steps of such a genius and not only do that, but deliver ... and then deliver .. with a point of view (of her own)...

This collection looks much much more feminine than the stuff Lee did ... and by feminine I mean soft ... the sharp cutting is still there .. a bit less edgy but it is still there as well as his silouhette brought up out of proportion ...

The white numbers in the begining reminded me of his HC collections way baack for Givenchy ... it very strongly resonates of it ...
The shapes were there as well as that unmistakable "demi- couture" signature look seen in a couple of pieces which is very much McQueen (esp on the feathered dresses).

There was Burton on the collection as well ... those shoes are not quite McQueen .. the palette and especially all that gold didnt seem McQueen to me at all .. is it beautiful? It is! Was it a successfull follow-up? It was!!! Was it more than I expected? YES!

Now the problem is that something is missing and I think that softgrey hit the point ... his teatrics are not gone .. but we all feel it .. of course we all know that Lee's the one missing, but honestly I think this is The next best thing (theres the title for the collection, lol).

Does anybody has info in the inspiration? It looks very much wood nymph-y ... some dresses reminded me of JPG (and gasp! Wendy Pepper! I blame it on the palette)

 

[Nicolasa]

Burton said that McQueen's trademark theatrics were not her thing

showstudio.com

It seems that theatricality will continue absent...

 

[Forwardmotionis]

^one of the most disappointing quotes I've read in a long time...

I'm still holding out hope that sarah will become more comfortable with the label soon, and revisit the theatrics of Lee that we all know and miss.