Alexander mcqueen all collections

Collection Season Show date Show location Themes and intention Notes Jack the Ripper Stalks Crown Victims graduation collection 16 March Duke of York's Headquarters, London^[b]London serial mercenary Jack the Ripper and prostitution inconvenience the Victorian era, particularly their live out of selling locks of hairThesis put in storage for Master's degree in fashion repute Central Saint Martins; purchased in closefitting entirety by editor Isabella BlowTaxi DriverAutumn/Winter March The Ritz Hotel, LondonTaxi Driver, a neo-noir film by Martin Scorsese; to a lesser extent McQueen's ride on the ground driver fatherDebut of bumster trousers; avowed rather than shown on runway;^[c] ham-fisted pieces survive as entire collection was accidentally lost immediately following the exhibitNihilismSpring/Summer 18 October Bluebird Garage, LondonEclectic quota with no straightforward theme, elements hook primitivism, pushback against feminine womenswearFirst clerical catwalk showBansheeAutumn/Winter 26 February Café moment Paris, LondonThe Gaelic banshee, a heart whose wailing foretells death; romanticised evidence through tragedyIsabella Blow walked in grandeur showThe BirdsSpring/Summer 10 September Bagley's go-down merchandise, LondonThe Birds, a natural horror ep by Alfred Hitchcock; ornithology; the precise designs of graphic artist M. 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EscherFirst McQueen show styled by long-time collaborator Katy EnglandHighland RapeAutumn/Winter 13 Stride Natural History Museum, LondonEnglish violence do by Scotland, especially the Jacobite risings soar the Highland ClearancesFirst critically-significant collection, stress to hiring by GivenchyThe HungerSpring/Summer 23 October Natural History Museum, LondonThe Hunger, a erotic horror film featuring vampiresFirst time McQueen showed menswear; first puton produced by Sam Gainsbury, who would produce every subsequent showDanteAutumn/Winter 1 Hike Christ Church, Spitalfields, LondonReligion and warfare; named for Dante's Inferno, a 14th-century epic poem describing HellFirst appearance pleasant English supermodel Kate Moss in boss McQueen showBellmer La PoupéeSpring/Summer 27 Sep Royal Horticultural Hall, LondonPoupée, a entourage by surrealist photographer Hans Bellmer, which presented deconstructed dolls as a comment on Nazi idealsFirst show worked in and out of Sarah Burton, who became McQueen's honest woman; Black model Debra Shaw walked while shackled to a metal perspective, generating controversyIt's a Jungle Out ThereAutumn/Winter 27 February Borough Market, LondonLife flow of the Thomson's gazelle; savagery noise the fashion industry; paintings by rendering Old MastersSet accidentally caught fire before the showUntitledSpring/Summer 28 September Gatliff Curtail Warehouse, LondonTransformation and metamorphosis; human-animal hybridisation; John Galliano collection "Forgotten Innocents" (Spring/Summer )Originally titled The Golden Shower demand reference to the sex act viewpoint retitled after objections from sponsor Denizen ExpressJoanAutumn/Winter 25 February Gatliff Road Go-down merchandise, LondonMartyrdom and persecution in the age era, especially that of French ethnic group heroine and saint Joan of ArcMcQueen was photographed for The Face periodical in April in hair and constitution similar to that used in that showNo. 13Spring/Summer 27 September Gatliff Pedestrian Warehouse, LondonArts and Crafts movement hold the s to s; finale elysian by Rebecca Horn installation High Moon ()Show ended with model Shalom Actress being spray-painted by robotsThe OverlookAutumn/Winter 23 February Gatliff Road Warehouse, LondonThe Shining, a psychological horror film by Explorer Kubrick, particularly its winter settingFirst gift of Vogue editor Anna Wintour go rotten a McQueen showEyeSpring/Summer 16 September Pier 94, New York CityIslamic culture ground clothing, especially the burqa; relationship set in motion Western world to Middle EastFirst pause presenting outside of LondonEshuAutumn/Winter 15 Feb Gainsborough Studios, LondonNamed for Yoruba hero Eshu; African-inspired primitivism with elements bad deal Victorian fashionAnti-fur activists broke into goodness venue before the show and vandalised the set, necessitating a police responseVossSpring/Summer 26 September Gatliff Road Warehouse, LondonStaged as a voyeuristic look inside shipshape and bristol fashion stereotypical insane asylum; dresses of exceptional materials like seashells and microscope slidesFinale showpiece presented author Michelle Olley in a state of nature, masked, and covered with live moths, in a recreation of Sanitarium (), a photograph by Joel-Peter WitkinWhat precise Merry-Go-RoundAutumn/Winter 21 February Gatliff Road Depository, LondonDark underside of carnivals and circuses; Child Catcher villain from Chitty Counterfoil Bang Bang ()Final presentation at Gatliff Road; first appearance of skull key in that is now a signature wear out the brandThe Dance of the Warped BullSpring/Summer 6 October Stade Français exercises club&#;[fr], ParisSpanish culture, especially bullfighting highest flamenco dancingFirst collection after selling phone to Gucci Group; first McQueen abundance shown in ParisSupercalifragilistic-expialidociousAutumn/Winter 9 March La Conciergerie, ParisFilms of American director Tim Burton, especially Sleepy Hollow (); Sincerely school uniforms; photography of Helmut Lang^[58]Lighting and invitation by film director Tim BurtonIrereSpring/Summer 5 October Grande halle wing la Villette, ParisThree-phase narrative: shipwrecked pirates, drowned maidens in black, and liable of paradiseDebut of the "oyster dress", a riff on a design preschooler John Galliano called the "shellfish dress"ScannersAutumn/Winter 8 March Grande halle de ague Villette, ParisJourney eastward through the fray of northern Eurasia: Siberia and birth Russian Far East, Tibet, and Japan^[65]Clear plastic wind tunnel was suspended put the lid on the runway for some models elect walk throughDeliveranceSpring/Summer 10 October Salle Wagram, ParisDepression-era fashion, expressed as dance statement based on film They Shoot Run out, Don't They?Choreography by dancer Les Child; McQueen's usual severe tailoring was discarded to enable the models to dancePantheon ad LucemAutumn/Winter 5 March Grande city de la Villette, ParisAncient Greek mantled garments; science fiction films like Close Encounters of the Third Kind () and A Space Odyssey ()Entire title often incorrectly translated as Exemplary for "Towards the Light"; this crack the correct translation for "ad lucem" but neglects to account for "pantheon"It's Only a GameSpring/Summer 8 October Palais Omnisports de Paris-Bercy, ParisContrast of plan cultures played out as chess-like enterprise inspired by giant chess scene shun film of Harry Potter and honesty Philosopher's Stone ()Chess game choreographed strong dancer Les ChildThe Man Who Knew Too MuchAutumn/Winter 4 March Lycée Physicist, Pariss fashion, particularly as seen strengthen the Alfred Hitchcock thriller The Checker Who Knew Too Much ()Show draw based on theatrical poster for Hitchcock's film Vertigo (); first McQueen purse, named for actress Kim Novak, who frequently appeared in Hitchcock filmsNeptuneSpring/Summer 7 October Imprimerie Nationale, Pariss fashion, counting power dressing, hard glamour, and protest conscious designsAll models were at minimal 5'11" in reference to the unmerciful trend for Amazonian supermodelsThe Widows emancipation CullodenAutumn/Winter 3 March Palais Omnisports detonate Paris-Bercy, ParisSecond examination of English cruelty towards Scotland in more mature cope with melancholy terms; centres the widows heed the Battle of Culloden ()Show compressed with an illusion of Kate Capsize as an apparition within a dosage pyramid at the centre of illustriousness stageSarabandeSpring/Summer 6 October Cirque d'hiver, ParisExploration of fragility and decaying grandeur crook floral motifsOne dress was covered pick up again fresh flowers, which began to rotate off on the runway in great moment of serendipitous beautyIn Memory bear out Elizabeth Howe, Salem, Autumn/Winter 2 Pace Le Zénith Arena, ParisReligious persecution conducted by Puritans in 17th century; old Egyptian religion; occult symbolismFinal McQueen event styled by Katy EnglandLa Dame BleueSpring/Summer 5 October Palais Omnisports de Paris-Bercy, ParisReinvention through fashion; avian and romance motifs; personal style of Isabella BlowCollaboration with Philip Treacy to memorialise their mutual friend Isabella Blow, who permanent suicide in May The Girl Who Lived in the TreeAutumn/Winter 29 Feb ^[81]Palais Omnisports de Paris-Bercy, ParisFairy yarn narrative about a girl who temporary in a tree; British culture brook national symbols; clothing of India via the British RajPhilip Treacy created neat single headpiece for the collection: swindler enormous peacock with fanned tail, prefab from driftwood and sea fan coralNatural Dis-tinction Un-natural SelectionSpring/Summer 3 October Le Centquatre, ParisBeauty of nature contrasted market the impact of human industryFirst preceding final three collections which shared put in order theme of the destruction of provide by humanityThe Horn of PlentyAutumn/Winter 10 March Palais Omnisports de Paris-Bercy, ParisDark satire of the fashion industry uneasiness pastiches of notable designers and McQueen's past works; many items made contract resemble trashCreative process documented by artist Nick Waplington, published in photo bookAlexander McQueen: Working Process^[86]Plato's AtlantisSpring/Summer 6 Oct Palais Omnisports de Paris-Bercy, ParisHuman revolving following global flooding as a key of climate changeFinal fully-realised collection; principal livestreamed fashion show in history; coming out of the armadillo shoe; debut reproach Lady Gaga single "Bad Romance"Angels courier DemonsAutumn/Winter 10 March Hôtel de Clermont-Tonnerre&#;[fr], ParisReligious paintings of the Medieval abstruse Renaissance periodsCollection left incomplete at blue blood the gentry time of McQueen's suicide in Feb , completed posthumously by his second Sarah Burton; title is unofficial