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Alexander McQueen: Savage Beauty (Metropolitan Museum of Art) Book

Published in conjunction with the exhibition "Alexander McQueen: Savage Beauty" on view at the Metropolitan Musuem of Art, New York, May 4 - July 31, 2011. Photographs by Solve Sundsbo. Folio. 240 pp. Lavishly illustrated in full color. Holographic portrait on front cover which changes between Alexander McQueen's face and a human skull. Publisher's brown cloth, silver lettering to the spine. Mint condition. NB: THIS IS A LARGE BOOK AND AN ADDITIONAL POSTAGE CHARGE MAY BE APPLIED ESPECIALLY WHEN ORDERING FROM OUTSIDE THE UK.Read More

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  • Foyles

    Celebrating the astounding creativity and originality of designer Alexander McQueen, who relentlessly questioned and confronted the requisites of fashion  “An authoritative and moving insight into the legacy of the British designer.”—Carola Long, Financial Times  “McQueen’s brilliance is celebrated in this sumptuous tome.”—Harper’s Bazaar  “Excellent.”—Huffington Post   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.   Published by The Metropolitan Museum of Art/Distributed by Yale University Press  Exhibition Schedule:  The Metropolitan Museum of Art (May 4–August 7, 2011)

  • Play

    Alexander McQueen (1969-2010) was one of the most influential imaginative and inspirational designers at the turn of the millennium. His fashions both challenged and expanded the conventional parameters of clothing beyond utility to a compelling expression of culture politics and identity. Focusing on the most iconic and acclaimed designs of his prolific career this stunning book examines McQueen's inimitable technical virtuosity and its subversion of traditional tailoring and dressmaking practices. This book also focuses on the highly sophisticated narrative structures found in McQueen's collections and in his astonishing and extravagant runway presentations which suggested the most avant-garde installation and performance art. Intended as an assessment of Alexander McQueen's entire career this book includes in-depth studies of six collections that illustrate and encapsulate thematic chapters as well as an interview with Sarah Burton the new creative director of Alexander McQueen who had been the designer's right-hand design aide since 1996.

  • BookDepository

    Alexander McQueen : Hardback : Yale University Press : 9780300169782 : 0300169787 : 15 Jun 2011 : "I never conformed to any sort of fashion ideal. My idea was always to show reality, even though I started at Savile Row and ended up at Givenchy in Paris; to depict the times I live in."" -Alexander McQueen, Harper's Bazaar, September 2008"

  • Blackwell

    I never conformed to any sort of fashion ideal. My idea was always to show reality, even though I started at Savile Row and ended up at Givenchy in Paris; to depict the times I live in. -Alexander McQueen, Harper's Bazaar, September 2008...

  • Pickabook

    Andrew Bolton, Tim Blanks, Susannah Frankel

  • 0300169787
  • 9780300169782
  • Andrew Bolton, Harold Koda
  • 26 April 2011
  • Yale University Press
  • Hardcover (Book)
  • 240
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