crolan20_FASM 215 -Fashion Week Review Project
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This document provides an analysis of Alexander McQueen's Spring/Summer 2016 runway collection titled "The Line of Beauty". The collection featured pale pink and brown skinned models with minimal makeup. Dresses featured ruffles hanging from the shoulders down to the hip with elements of lace and floral embroidery. The collection drew inspiration from Huguenot heroines, the persecuted French Protestants who settled in London in the late 17th century. McQueen aimed to create a very feminine feeling with ultra-feminine silhouettes combining fragility and strength with vintage handcrafted details blending tradition and technology.
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- 1. Spring/Summer 2016 RTW CeErica Roland Ferguson FASM 215 - Fashion Aesthetics and Style Fashion Week Review Project
- 2. The McQueen collections are defined by the contrasting elements of fragility and strength, tradition and technology, severity and grace. Alexander McQueens lavish and unconventional runway shows set the brand apart in wow factor. The house's early collections helped develop this reputation for controversy and shock tactics earning the title "l'enfant terrible" or the hooligan of English fashion.
- 3. The Collection The Line of 京艶温顎岳霞- Featured natural light pink and soft brown skin completion models with little or no makeup/hair done. Elements of Elegance- Dresses featured ruffles that hung from the shoulders and rested on the hip line. Tattered lace, frock coat tailoring, flower patterns. Extraordinary Detail- High quality knits, hand beaded designs, flower embroidery.
- 4. The Line of 京艶温顎岳霞
- 9. Take A Guess
- 10. The Inspiration Heroines- a woman admired or idealized for her courage, outstanding achievements, or noble qualities. Huguenots- Persecuted French Protestant that fled France in the late 17th century and settled in Spitalfields in London. Many were trained silk weavers who brought their craft with them, eventually building Spitalfields into a stronghold of the silk industry.
- 11. Heroines Maidens | Goddesses | Princesses
- 12. Heroines Maidens | Goddesses | Princesses
- 13. Heroines Maidens | Goddesses | Princesses
- 14. I wanted everything to feel very, very feminine, powerfully feminine.
- 15. Huguenots
- 16. Fun Fact: Lee McQueen claimed to be descended from the same line of Huguenots who settled in London in the 1680s.
- 17. Does It All Add Up? Ultra-feminine Silhouettes |Fragility and Strength Vintage Handwork |Tradition and Technology
Editor's Notes
- #3: Alexander McQueen's collections are known for both the emotional power and raw energy of his shows as well as the romantic but determinedly contemporary nature of this clothes. It is typical of McQueen to use the juxtaposition between contrasting elements; fragility and strength, tradition and modernity and fluidity and severity. An openly emotional and even passionate viewpoint is realized with a profound respect and influence for the arts and crafts tradition. Alexander McQueen's collections combine an in-depth working knowledge of bespoke British tailoring, the fine workmanship of the French Haute Couture atelier and the impeccable finish of Italian manufacturing.
- #12: chose a subtly potent silhouette to exalt the delicate beauty of the female form. Long, lean dresses kissed curves from the neck to the ankles. Some bore deep necklines and sliver-sized cutouts under the hip or along the shoulders; others were chastely covered up with high collars and long sleeves but traced in tiered ruffles. Delicate and fragile, the dresses were surprisingly sexy.油
- #13: chose a subtly potent silhouette to exalt the delicate beauty of the female form. Long, lean dresses kissed curves from the neck to the ankles. Some bore deep necklines and sliver-sized cutouts under the hip or along the shoulders; others were chastely covered up with high collars and long sleeves but traced in tiered ruffles. Delicate and fragile, the dresses were surprisingly sexy.油
- #14: chose a subtly potent silhouette to exalt the delicate beauty of the female form. Long, lean dresses kissed curves from the neck to the ankles. Some bore deep necklines and sliver-sized cutouts under the hip or along the shoulders; others were chastely covered up with high collars and long sleeves but traced in tiered ruffles. Delicate and fragile, the dresses were surprisingly sexy.油
- #15: Lee McQueen claimed to be descended from the same line of Huguenots who settled in London in the 1680s.
- #16: couture-level shredded silk faille floral jacquard; silk taffeta with naturalistic floral fil coupe jacquards; embroidered leather, and French lace worked into tulle with patterns of doves and trellises of flowers woven in. Flowers were essential effects. Apparently, the Huguenots arrived in London with little more than bulbs and seeds in their pockets, planting them to grow inner city gardens.
- #17: Lee McQueen claimed to be descended from the same line of Huguenots who settled in London in the 1680s.