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Alexander McQueen:

Savage Beauty
By
Andrew Bolton
Metropolitan Museum of
Art

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.

Metropolitan Museum of Art

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