Cammie B

“I was thinking about a woman as an object of desire. We go to such lengths to adorn ourselves that we almost become our clothes or are taken over by them. This is a collection about excess – an exploration of ideals of beauty at their most extreme.” Sarah Burton

With faux feathers and cascades of ruffles, Alexander McQueen brought fantasy and femininity to the runway on Tuesday, while still hewing to the fashion label’s edgy, dark side for spring.

Creative Director Sarah Burton presented a show-stopper in the best tradition of the theatrical brand, mixing up flirty skirts that flounced at the knee with harder-edge military details like epaulets, high collars and armor-like bodices.

Burton — once the label’s head of women’s’ design before the 40-year-old McQueen committed suicide last year at his London home — has been riding a wave of notoriety since her design of Kate Middleton’s wedding dress this spring.

The Gothic-inspired ivory satin and lace affair with a 2.7 meter-long train garnered raves and focused an international spotlight on Burton and the Alexander McQueen line.
–torontosun.com

—I truly love this collection. His genius lives on.

xoxo

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