A Tribute

Alexander McQueen 2010 ad cam­paign via refinery29.com

Great things come from being under pres­sure. The dark, ele­gant beauty that the late Alexander McQueen pro­duced for the fash­ion world we now under­stand came from a place of pas­sion, cre­ativ­ity and per­sonal afflic­tion. His work was so inspi­ra­tional and orig­i­nal. He pushed bound­aries and made you think beyond the cloth­ing. We were great fans of his art, thus we found it nec­es­sary to acknowl­edge his genius. A trib­ute to Lee Alexander McQueen.

Lee Alexander McQueen 1969–2010

McQueen’s shows were leg­endary; shock­ing and dra­matic. Seats at his fash­ion shows were highly cov­eted due to the unex­pected the­atrics the audi­ence would expe­ri­ence. McQueen liked to push the enve­lope, try things no one else had attempted before, and often with dark, psy­cho­log­i­cal under­tones. Some of his most mem­o­rable moments include cre­at­ing a live human game of chess, send­ing a model down the run­way with a pair of wolves on leashes, and orches­trat­ing a thun­der storm com­plete with rain, soak­ing the mod­els and their cou­ture garments.

Check out this inter­view that took place only 18 months ago. McQueen describes his vision behind his shows.

We thought we would leave you with some of our favorite McQueen looks from over the years and a behind the scenes video of his Fall 2008 col­lec­tion. Also check out this link to a ret­ro­spec­tive on his work.

We are sad to see his time come to an end so soon.

Katherine Tyznik.HighStreet.New York