Alexander McQueen Shows Fall/Winter 2014/15 during Paris Fashion Week

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Recognizing that the audience may be drained from watching weeks of shows, Lee McQueen often said that he set out to offer the audience something different, to reanimate them and rekindle their excitement for fashion. Instead of a runway, guests were confronted by a landscape composed of thousands of heather plants and illuminated by spooky moonlight. “Wild beauty” was designer Sarah Burton’s inspiration for her Fall Alexander McQueen collection, and wild beauty was what she produced. Rocky terrain is not something that you would find on the runways of most fashion shows, but Sarah Burton set out to reanimate her audience, and she did just that in more ways than one.

The rough terrain was certainly not one for heels and stilettos, each model wore black lace boots, with silver accents, and large ribbon laces. As if there was not enough to talk about when it came to the details of this show, the models hair was an accent that could not be missed. Each model had their hair braided up around their head into a beehive with two braids by each ear left down, another aspect of Burton’s creativity that is uniquely her own. She has been quoted as saying “I wanted to see the woman’s face again. Touch her, feel her”. She clearly did not want the hair to get in the way of experiencing the woman, so she put it away. And let’s not forget about this collection with its fairytale aspects. Within this collection you will find delicately embroidered organzas, coats composed from hand cut feathers to create the illusion of moth’s wings, or virginal smocks. The extraordinary detail of the collection allows the collection to straddle a fine line between ready-to-wear and couture. Burton wanted to make sure that the Alexander McQueen show was more than a fashion show, but an ethereal experience which she was able to achieve.

 

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