Alexander McQueen

Lee Alexander McQueen BE was a British fashion designer and couturier. He founded his own Alexander McQueen label in 1992, and was chief designer at Givenchy from 1996 to 2001.

Alexander McQueen's garments all have a common theme of long flowing overcoats or dresses with puffy arms, synched waists and layering.

As one can see in Savage Beauty, McQueen often used traditional craft techniques such as embroidery, lace making, and metalworking to create his radically modern designs. Opting most commonly for embellished, ornamented surfaces, he used printed or woven textiles only very rarely.

I like McQueens garment design as he used many different techniques throughout all his pieces which makes each piece its own individual artwork. His use of many techniques will be further applied into my own garments in the future and for the white on white task.

McQueen's work was admired for its highly original blend of subversion and tradition, evident from the outset in his 'Bumster trousers, sharp frock coats, corroded fabrics, slashed leather and shredded, flesh-revealing lace. You've got to know the rules to break them.