Fashion is a big bubble, and sometimes I feel like popping it.' Alexander McQuee
n, 2009 This definitive publication on Alexander McQueen (1969 - 2010) invites y
ou into the creative mind of one of Britain's most brilliant, daring and provoca
tive designers. Accompanying the V&A's landmark exhibition Alexander McQueen: Sa
vage Beauty, this comprehensive catalogue features 28 ground-breaking essays fro
m expert fashion commentators and cultural scholars which examine the richness a
nd complexity of McQueen's visionary fashion. The publication includes over 440
striking images, from intimate backstage portraits and editorials by leading fas
hion photographers to previously unpublished sketches and research boards from t
he McQueen archive.
At the centre of the book is a Cabinet of Curiosities gat
efold with a specially commissioned photo shoot that showcases McQueen's breath-
taking attention to detail. The book closes with an encyclopaedic survey of all
of McQueen's London collections, from his 1992 MA graduate collection to his fin
al collection, posthumously presented in March 2010.
