BTS Wore Matching Alexander McQueen Tuxedos On The Billboard Music Awards Red Carpet

Kate Middleton has worn a number of pieces by the British label Alexander McQueen She regularly chooses their coats and dresses for official Royal Engagements. A year before he died, the highly controversial Alexander McQueen presented a collection that revisited all the codes of an oeuvre that began in the 1990s. And so it was for this collection when just the names from the countryside photographed by the designer and her team were evocative: Avalon marshes, poppy fields and Glastonbury.

One of her instructors, Simon Ungless, introduced her to McQueen in 1996, who offered her an internship at his design house. Whether it’s chunky black boots, softly ruffled dresses, or a statement skull-closure clutch, this is the label for imaginative designs that tell a narrative through impeccable construction and luxury materials.

Alexander McQueen marries art, fantasy and a dark romanticism for a look that is wholly the label’s own. Under the creative direction of Sarah Burton, the brand uses contrasting elements to produce its meticulously made designs. McQueen’s collaborative way of working was the impetus behind his extraordinary runway presentations, precursors to today’s big-budget, live fashion extravaganzas.

That’s what I am here for, ferragamo replica to demolish the rules but to keep the tradition,” said designer Alexander McQueen of his approach to fashion. Alexander McQueen is an iconic fashion house named by the late fashion designer himself. 1993: McQueen shows his first collection in London titled “Taxi Driver,” in which he first introduces his “bumster” look.

Nearing 10 years at the helm of the designer house, Burton is being awarded with the CFDA’s International Award in June. When Lee Alexander McQueen died tragically in 2010, he was only forty years old. Rarer still, he is among the minority of fashion personalities whose name resonates with the general public, reaching celebrity-status during his lifetime, and icon-status in death.