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$20 bonus after first use & 0% Intro APR*Alexander McQueen: Savage Beauty (Hardcover)
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Arguably the most influential, imaginative, and provocative designer of his generation, Alexander McQueen both challenged and expanded fashion conventions to express ideas about race, class, sexuality, religion, and the environment. Alexander McQ......more
Arguably the most influential, imaginative, and provocative designer of his generation, Alexander McQueen both challenged and expanded fashion conventions to express ideas about race, class, sexuality, religion, and the environment. Alexander McQueen: Savage Beauty examines the full breadth of the designer's career, from the start of his fledgling label to the triumphs of his own world-renowned London house. It features his most iconic and radical designs, revealing how McQueen adapted and combined the fundamentals of Savile Row tailoring, the specialized techniques of haute couture, and technological innovation to achieve his distinctive aesthetic. It also focuses on the highly sophisticated narrative structures underpinning his collections and extravagant runway presentations, with their echoes of avant-garde installation and performance art.
Published to coincide with an exhibition at The Metropolitan Museum of Art organized by The Costume Institute, this stunning book includes a preface by Andrew Bolton; an introduction by Susannah Frankel; an interview by Tim Blanks with Sarah Burton, creative director of the house of Alexander McQueen; illuminating quotes from the designer himself; provocative and captivating new photography by renowned photographer Sølve Sundsbø; and a lenticular cover by Gary James McQueen.
Alexander McQueen: Savage Beauty celebrates the astounding creativity and originality of a designer who relentlessly questioned and confronted the requisites of fashion.
- Author:
- Bolton, Andrew
- Genre:
- DESIGN / Fashion
- Audience:
- General/trade
- Format:
- Hardcover
- Pages:
- 240
- Language:
- English
- Publisher:
- Metropolitan Museum of Art
- Publish Date:
- 05/31/2011
- Copyright Year:
- 2011
- ISBN:
- 9780300169782
- Height:
- 13.5 in
- Wdth:
- 10.0 in
- Thickness:
- 1.25 in
- Unit weight:
- 4.2 lb
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Overall Rating: 5
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The book was exactly what I wanted.
Shipment of the product was the only concern. Whether that was due to the final delivery location or the item just sitting at a postal site.
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What a Deal!
Amazing deal! I'm so glad I wanted to buy this book. It was double the cost at the exhibit. A truly AMAZING book. Bought one for me and the other for a friend for a little over the regular price. I'm thrilled!
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Fashion art meets coffee table book - stunning
Amazing book that highlights a true artist's career. You will be in awe at the pieces Mcqueen created and will want everything! Great inspiration and everyone should have this book -- you will be motivated to create greatness. Beautifully done - all about the clothes and the feeling they give - well done!
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Fantastic-Amazing-Magical Coffee Table Book
Im so happy with the recent purchase book exceeds all my expectations and if you love fashion you will love to have this on your coffee table. O.com offfered this book at the best price so thank you!
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