Alexander McQueen S/S 2006 Paris

[morriseel]

Well, I don't know about why this hasnt been picked up on the thread already..BUT, this collection just screams Sass and Bide 04!!!!! What's that about?

 

[pucci_mama]

McQueen.. you used to be one of my favourites..

what have you done??

 

[Ceptuouse]

^ hes too obsessed with people buying it now

 

[oceanharlot]

... i remember when i thought mcqueen was the most interesting, pushing and alluring designer ever.


i miss those days

 

[dhclam]

By Cathy Horyn of NY Times
"For two seasons now Mr. McQueen has produced collections that are manifestly commercial - again, causing insiders to complain that the British bad boy has become lazy. This season his clothes have a hard, clean look redolent of the 80's: slick tailored suits in black crepe de Chine with black opaque tights; black microminidresses with necklines scooped out and filled in with taut chiffon; and a Grecian minidress in black jersey with a boxing belt and a leather bolero. There were also white goddess gowns over gold lace boots and mini versions with crystals or chunky gold chains.
You couldn't mistake the Alaïa influence. Mr. McQueen said it was no accident. "I've done Victorian, I've done romantic," he said. "I wanted to bring sexy back. It's what is missing right now. And Alaïa was sexy for me. It was classy sex." He added, "I have so much respect for him, and I don't even think he will mind."

Mr. McQueen has built such a reputation as a showman that in a sense people won't let him be a designer. The smartest look in this energized collection was also the subtlest: a slim white pantsuit with low, tacked-down lapels. And it was almost lost amid the Alaïa effects. Mr. McQueen is also someone who can get below the fashion surface. Despite the rightness of the minimalist silhouette this collection was all about surface. It grasped the notion of sexiness technically but not with feeling or belief."

 

[birdofparadise]

I agree with her assessment...it had all the characteristics of being sexy but it wasn't sexy. I suppose 'sexy' is in the eye of the beholder but the presentation would have perhaps been far more effective if there were just a silver sliver of emotion glued on, stapled to, something. It's in this kind of breakdown and comparison that I feel MJ at Vuitton is victorious. He's playing around with those same notions and yet the girls he chose, the colors, the skin...youthful. People make their own connections with it and wham, you got a sexy collection because it tries so hard not to be.

 

[pucci_mama]

... i remember when i thought mcqueen was the most interesting, pushing and alluring designer ever.


i miss those days

Me too...

 

[Adriana]

Well, if it's between McQueen never designing again because Gucci drops him and he goes bankrupt, or McQueen continuing to design and put out collections that are still clever but slightly more commercial, I'll take the latter. Troubled economic times don't exactly nurse creativity. This is called desperation and we're seeing it at Viktor & Rolf, at Balenciaga, at Chalayan. These are all previously experimental designers that are desperate to sell. If they don't, they get the axe. It's a sad situation but what can really be done? If they're smart, then they'll distill their creative essence into easy clothing that still retain a certain edge about them, as I believe McQueen has done here. It's not a bad collection by any stretch of the imagination.

2,5 years ago I began to worry what big mutli-nationals as PPR and LVMH could do to the talents of multi-talented designers.......kill them off.......there were already signs for a troubled economy and this won't stop. Sad enough. I've been not taken serious untill now I believe......I would be proud of my insigth if it wasn't so sad in fact......

 

[Adriana]

Well, if it's between McQueen never designing again because Gucci drops him and he goes bankrupt, or McQueen continuing to design and put out collections that are still clever but slightly more commercial, I'll take the latter. Troubled economic times don't exactly nurse creativity. This is called desperation and we're seeing it at Viktor & Rolf, at Balenciaga, at Chalayan. These are all previously experimental designers that are desperate to sell. If they don't, they get the axe. It's a sad situation but what can really be done? If they're smart, then they'll distill their creative essence into easy clothing that still retain a certain edge about them, as I believe McQueen has done here. It's not a bad collection by any stretch of the imagination.

2,5 years ago I began to worry what big mutli-nationals as PPR and LVMH could do to the talents of multi-talented designers.......kill them off.......there were already signs for a troubled economy and this won't stop. Sad enough. I've been not taken serious untill now I believe......I would be proud of my insight if it wasn't sad in fact......

 

[maraschin0]

He is genius! So creative... It's sad how the Gucci group are making him tone down his creativity...His shows are always wonderful and amazing to watch...

WE LOVE KATE TOO =D

 

[velcro]

I don't think it's that he wasn't making money, he just wasn't making enough to satisfy the new heads of GucciGroup. They've become so tyrranical really, and while Balenciaga may be flourishing, Lee is certainly not doing his best work.

I was thinking, maybe Lee did this as a sort of warning to young talent out there, kind of a "stay away from GucciGroup or else" kinda thing (it's unlikely I know, but it gives me just a hint of comfort)

That could be true. I'll pretend that's his reason so I can feel better.

 

[SiennaInLondon]

I have never seen anything so awful in a damned long time -not just from McQueen, but at all. I can't see a single shoe or necklace I would shell out my cash for.

How is this meant to be commercial though? A return to car-crash couture? Because hell if we all don't drive carefully... Who other than Bianca Balti could look good in that cropped leather jacket combo. That is another thing that is awful -that shiny type of leather that should have died in the 1980s.

He needs to come back to London. We need to knock some sense back into him. He just can't work in Paris anymore. What would happen if Westwood upped to New York? After a while of having good clothes, she would lose that aesthetic that she gleaned from her environment. McQueen IS London.

 

[brian]

He needs to come back to London. We need to knock some sense back into him. He just can't work in Paris anymore. What would happen if Westwood upped to New York? After a while of having good clothes, she would lose that aesthetic that she gleaned from her environment. McQueen IS London.

hear hear!!

 

[pucci_mama]

hear hear!!

I second that!

 

[botoxmolecula]

....He needs to come back to London. We need to knock some sense back into him. He just can't work in Paris anymore. McQueen IS London.

But McQueen doesn't live or work in Paris. He lives in London.
He's just in Paris for the fashion week.

 

[Someday]

Why does everyone assume that it is PPR's fault that this collection feels weak and diluted?
McQueen, Ghesquiere and McCartney will all given the same ultimatum: to be profitable by 2007. I can't speak for their other holdings, or McCartney, but it seems the pressure has brought about the best in Ghesquiere and something else in McQueen.

Is it so disturbing to think McQueen is simply out of steam? That is running out of ideas? That his time has passed? Not like that is any reason to step down, mind you (as we have seen).

The collection is fine. It is a different ideology for McQueen that I am used to (and made him my hero), but he is carving out his own path- making decisions appropriate for his own label.

Unless someone here actually spent $2000 + for an original McQueen outfit (NOT ON SALE), you cannot criticize his work. He is not there to entertain us.

I liked these................ ( source- www.newyorkpost.com)

 

[Someday]

But I unfortunately couldn't get into these................... (www.newyorkpost.com)

 

[Ceptuouse]

the 2nd coat is nice...but not mcqueen

 

[Deleted member 7575]

Part of mcqueen's allure is that he made these amazing couture like clothes. His sensibilities were so smart and refined. I think that has been lost. I still think that Mcqueen had made commerical clothes for a while now, it's only now that they began to look bad and noticably commerical. I honestly don't think he will attract any new customers or expand his market with his severly underdesigned pieces either. Why pay that much for a simple trench coat done with Mcqueen finishings when I can get about the same look and quality from a designer in New York? If he continues this way I think it would be a good idea for him to go ahead and show in New York. There his new sensibilites could be better appreciated and he would also shine a lot brighter.

 

[Jump]

^ thanks for the article Helena.....

I didn't even notice his Kate Moss shirt... ...too bad.... And why do models (esp Emina C) always have to brag about such awful collections just to get more "points".... it's like all they know is the word "sexy" "well cut" "so hot"...

you forgot: its soo amazing!! its really amazing