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Alexander McQueen : savage beauty
- Title
- Alexander McQueen : savage beauty / Andrew Bolton ; with contributions by Susannah Frankel and Tim Blanks ; photography by Slve Sundsb.
- Author
- Bolton, Andrew, 1966-
- Publication
- New York : Metropolitan Museum of Art ; New Haven, Conn. : Distributed by Yale University Press, c2011.
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- Description
- 240 p. : chiefly ill. (chiefly col.); 35 cm.
- Summary
- "The exhibition, organized by The Costume Institute, will celebrate the late Alexander McQueen's extraordinary contributions to fashion. From his postgraduate collection of 1992 to his final runway presentation which took place after his death in February 2010, Mr. McQueen challenged and expanded the understanding of fashion beyond utility to a conceptual expression of culture, politics, and identity. His iconic designs constitute the work of an artist whose medium of expression was fashion. Approximately one hundred examples will be on view, including signature designs such as the bumster trouser, the kimono jacket, and the Origami frock coat, as well as pieces reflecting the exaggerated silhouettes of the 1860s, 1880s, 1890s, and 1950s that he crafted into contemporary silhouettes transmitting romantic narratives. Technical ingenuity imbued his designs with an innovative sensibility that kept him at fashion's vanguard." -- MMA website.
- Subject
- Note
- Published in conjunction with the exhibition of the same name on view at The Metropolitan Museum of Art, New York, Ma6 4-July 31, 2011.
- Contents
- The romantic mind -- Romantic Gothic -- Romantic nationalism -- Romantic exoticism -- Romantic primitivism -- Romantic naturalism -- Cabinet of curiosities -- An interview with Sarah Burton by Tim Blanks.
- Call Number
- JQZ 13-103
- ISBN
- 0300169787
- 9780300169782
- 1588394123
- 9781588394125
- OCLC
- 687693871
- Author
- Bolton, Andrew, 1966-
- Title
- Alexander McQueen : savage beauty / Andrew Bolton ; with contributions by Susannah Frankel and Tim Blanks ; photography by Slve Sundsb.
- Imprint
- New York : Metropolitan Museum of Art ; New Haven, Conn. : Distributed by Yale University Press, c2011.
- Added Author
- Frankel, Susannah.Blanks, Tim.Sundsb, Slve.Metropolitan Museum of Art (New York, N.Y.)Yale University Press.
- Research Call Number
- JQZ 13-103