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Series
Publisher
Frances Lincoln
Pub. Date
[2021]
Language
English
Description
"Discover the life, work and legacy of Alexander McQueen in this snappy and stylish biography about artistic spirit, influence and attitude. Alexander McQueen will go down in history as the most talented and enigmatic 'bad boy' of fashion. But it was his drive and visionary perspective that secured his place in sartorial legend when his defying couture looks sent shockwaves through the fashion landscape. But how did he think? And how was his attitude...
Author
Publisher
It Books
Pub. Date
[2010]
Language
English
Description
"One of the most original and influential people of the twentieth century to me and many others." -Alexander McQueen
With a career spanning thirty years in fashion, as an influential voice at Vogue, Tatler, and The Sunday Times Magazine-as well as a legacy as one of the industry's kingmakers for discovering Philip Treacy, Alexander McQueen, Sophie Dahl, and Hussein Chalayan-Isabella Blow had been a pillar of couture culture until her suicide in...
Author
Publisher
Abrams
Pub. Date
2012.
Language
English
Description
Lee Alexander McQueen (1969 - 2010), whose design combined visionary aesthetics, emotional power, and extraordinary craft, was known for staging provocative shows that were as much performances as venues to display his couture creations. Charged with energy, informed by history and culture, and filled with fresh concepts, McQueen's shows have become legends not only of fashion but also of art. Anne Deniau was the only photographer allowed backstage...
Author
Publisher
Metropolitan Museum of Art
Pub. Date
[2011]
Language
English
Description
"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...
Author
Publisher
Race Point Publishing
Pub. Date
2012.
Language
English
Description
From Jack the Ripper Stalks His Victims, his 1992 graduate collection, to Plato's Atlantis, the last show before his death in 2010, Lee Alexander McQueen was as celebrated for the meticulous craftsmanship and stunning originality of his designs as he was notorious for his theatrical - and often controversial - runway shows. Taking his inspiration from sources as diverse as his own Scottish ancestry, Alfred Hitchcock movies and Yoruba mythology, McQueen...
10) William Morris
Publisher
Thames & Hudson
Pub. Date
2021.
Language
English
Description
"William Morris (1834-1896) was a pioneer of the Arts and Crafts Movement and is one of the most influential designers in British history. With his emphasis on originality, artistry and craftsmanship, Morris helped revolutionize the late Victorian interior, and initiated changes to the way we think about how things are made, what we own, our relationship with nature, and how we live and work that continue to be relevant in the 21st century. [...]...
15) Dressed for war: the story of Vogue editor Audrey Withers, from the Blitz to the swinging sixties
Author
Publisher
Simon & Schuster
Pub. Date
2020.
Language
English
Description
"Dressed For War: The Story of Audrey Withers, Vogue editor extraordinaire from the Blitz to the Swinging Sixties is the untold story of our most iconic fashion magazine in its most formative years, in the Second World War. It was an era when wartime exigencies gave its editor, Audrey Withers, the chance to forge an identity for it that went far beyond stylish clothes. In doing so, she set herself against the style and preoccupations of Vogue's mothership...
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