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Savage Beauty (Metropolitan Museum of Art)
Yale University Press
June 2011
On Sale: May 31, 2011
240 pages
ISBN: 0300169787
EAN: 9780300169782
Hardcover
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Arguably the most influential, imaginative, and provocative
designer of his generation, Alexander McQueen both
challenged and expanded fashion conventions to express ideas
about race, class, sexuality, religion, and the environment.
Alexander McQueen: Savage Beauty examines the full breadth
of the designer’s career, from the start of his fledgling
label to the triumphs of his own world-renowned London
house. It features his most iconic and radical designs,
revealing how McQueen adapted and combined the fundamentals
of Savile Row tailoring, the specialized techniques of haute
couture, and technological innovation to achieve his
distinctive aesthetic. It also focuses on the highly
sophisticated narrative structures underpinning his
collections and extravagant runway presentations, with their
echoes of avant-garde installation and performance art. Published to coincide with an exhibition at The Metropolitan
Museum of Art organized by The Costume Institute, this
stunning book includes a preface by Andrew Bolton; an
introduction by Susannah Frankel; an interview by Tim Blanks
with Sarah Burton, creative director of the house of
Alexander McQueen; illuminating quotes from the designer
himself; provocative and captivating new photography by
renowned photographer Sølve Sundsbø; and a lenticular cover
by Gary James McQueen. Alexander McQueen: Savage Beauty celebrates the astounding
creativity and originality of a designer who relentlessly
questioned and confronted the requisites of fashion.
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