Category: Fashion Designer
Post Contributor: Olivier Blanc
Profession: Fashion Designer
Born: March 17th, 1969, Lewisham, England
Died: February 11th, 2010, London, England
Nationality: British
Famous for:
- Fashion as an art form
- Subversive and traditional style
- Voss collection
© Illustration by Olivier Blanc
Links for resources:
Official website (Brand)
"Oyster Dress", short biography and description (The Met)
"[...] how Alexander McQueen made fashion an art", article by Bee Wilson, (The Guardian)
"You've got to know the rules to break them. That's what I'm here for, to demolish the rules but to keep the tradition."
In depth introduction to the work with photographs (V&A)
Interview about the Plato's Atlantis show, by Nick Knight (Show Studio)
Live catwalk show staged in the V&A's surroundings combining original footage of the event with a candid interview (The V&A)
"The shows are what spur me on, make me excited about what I'm doing."
"ESSAY: ALEXANDER MCQUEEN" by Susannah Frankel (Show Studio)
"Into the light", article by Jess Cartner-Morley (The Guardian)
Alexander McQueen & Damien Hirst, short article, (Interview Magazine)
Exhibition at the Met: Savage Beauty - Gallery views from 2011
Fashion show 1998
Billboard, Shanghai, China, 2021. Photograph by Olivier Blanc
Further research: (topics in connection):
- Fashion Design
- Horn of Plenty collection
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