Alexander McQueen (British, 1969–2010)
Dress
VOSS, spring/summer 2001
Nude synthetic net appliquéd with roundels in the shape of chrysanthemums embroidered with red, gold, and black silk thread with black ostrich feathers
Courtesy of Alexander McQueen
Photograph © Sølve Sundsbø / Art + Commerce
Read Michelle Olley’s perspective on appearing in the runway show.
“[In this collection] the idea was to turn people’s faces on themselves. I wanted to turn it around and make them think, am I actually as good as what I’m looking at?”
The Fashion, Spring/Summer 2001
“The show was staged inside a huge two-way mirrored box, whereby the audience was reflected in the glass before the show began and then the models could not see out once the show started.”
20/20 Europe, January/February 2001
“These beautiful models were walking around in the room, and then suddenly this woman who wouldn’t be considered beautiful was revealed. It was about trying to trap something that wasn’t conventionally beautiful to show that beauty comes from within.”
WWD, September 28, 2000