Alexander McQueen Women's FW11 - Paris

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And some detail shots:

[messenoire]

sarah burton did an excellent job for the house of mcqueen. i am really enjoying the gowns + accessories.

[michael_kard]

When I look at individual pieces I think they're pretty awesome, and the close-up photos do show that. But I think they don't sum up nicely, as McQueen's collections were always very thematically explicit and I can't see it this time.

[edhohoho]

The collection looks really good. The details are very nice, the shoes are crazy cool. It actually looks fairly cohesive to me.

[Sombre]

She's done a good job considering she's filling the shoes of one of the greats. It lacks McQueen's special touch, but it's not fair to Burton to make that comparison. Overall, i find it elegant with a bit of an edge to it. Those last three gowns are gorgeous. She's also kept the shoes eye-catching, which is in keeping with recent collections. I must ask though, is this collection meant to say "fuck you, PETA"?

[thehouseofdis]

It looks very well tailored and the fabrics look nice, but overall nothing strikes me as being particularly inspired or memorable. I do like some of the head pieces and the printed mock-neck bodice dress in the detail shot.

As an aside, I know fashion designers are not known for really dressing up themselves or wearing their own designs but really, couldn't Sarah do better than that?

[Faust]

She's done a good job considering she's filling the shoes of one of the greats. It lacks McQueen's special touch, but it's not fair to Burton to make that comparison. Overall, i find it elegant with a bit of an edge to it. Those last three gowns are gorgeous. She's also kept the shoes eye-catching, which is in keeping with recent collections. I must ask though, is this collection meant to say "fuck you, PETA"?

Actually, I think it's wonderful, and the only McQueen touch missing is the theatrics of the show. His shows were spectacles - this is just another runway show with great clothes. But the clothes are beautiful, so, hey.

I am sorry to say this, but what the fuck is she wearing? :( I don't want to open up another why-do-designers-look-like-shit thread, but seriously...

[Johnny]

I think this is lovely; probably prefer it without the theatrics of the presentation. Having said that there was a tv prog on about McQueen in the UK a couple of weeks agao, and it was very interesting. Some of the shows he didn't were really quite remarkable.

[Heirloom]

i miss the fluidity and the sharpness. i miss the subversive and the menacing. :(

[Shucks]

i miss the fluidity and the sharpness. i miss the subversive and the menacing. :(

i actually agree with this. it's all gorgeous and architectural and baroque / elizabethan - but there's a be a bit of anger missing. even the harder looks seem rather calculated, with BDSM references that could have been less literal:









but holy crap - soo much work must have gone into the production of all this. it's like couture. and that porcelain-dress is wow.

and this:

[Faust]

I think she's happy and fairly contented in life, proud of her collection and her achievements. When you have all that, I think you often care less about personal appearance. I don't think people who share my perspective are the majority here, but I imagine there are some who also have bought clothes to serve as the poem they had the aspirations, but not the ability, to write.
Anyway, I second all the praise the collection has gotten, though maybe the intended audience for these items is royalty.

What does happiness have to do with it? She DESIGNS fashion - why wear stuff from walmart?