Tag: Alexander McQueen
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Alexander McQueen: Savage Beauty
Fashion it may be, in that every item in this Alexander McQueen retrospective is for wearing, but art is its soul. This show, which charts the trajectory of the designer’s meteoric life is stunning, glorious and unmissable
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Unravelling the Mystery and Mastery of America’s First Couturier
Interview: Harold Koda, curator-in-charge, the Costume Institute, Metropolitan Museum of Art, New York
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Behind the Scenes at a Museum
Exhibiting Fashion: Before and After 1971 by Judith Clark and Amy de la Haye with Jeffrey Horsley. Published by Yale University Press, 2014.
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The Stylish Fruits of an Intriguing Challenge
Folk Couture: Fashion and Folk Art American Folk Art Museum, New York City 21 January – 23 April 2014
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Safety Pin Chic: Punk Invades the Met
When punk music emerged in the mid 1970s, a vibrant, cheeky subculture grew to amplify the message in art, literature, film, and most visibly fashion. To this day, punk and its many variations make up a large slice of popular…
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The Dark Side of Love. Alexander McQueen: Savage Beauty
Alexander McQueen: Savage Beauty Costume Institute, Metropolitan Museum of Art, New York 4 May–7 August 2011
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Brit Insurance Design of the Year 2010. Rock Stars, Politics and Ingenious Design
Brit Insurance Design of the Year 2010 The Design Museum, London 17 February–31 October 2010
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The Horse: 30,000 Years of the Horse in Art – book review
The Horse: 30,000 Years of the Horse in Art by Tamsin Pickeral is a gallop through art history from prehistoric times to the present, with the focus narrowed on the horse – a long-standing and yet surprisingly unmentioned muse of…
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Elsa Schiaparelli
Elsa Schiaparelli, the flamboyant fashion designer of the Art Deco period, is renowned for her fabulous eccentricity and innovation. She changed fashion and people’s attitudes to it with her scandalous dresses and colourful personality.
