Ms. Wintour’s Vogue + Ms. Coddington’s fashion direction + Meisel’s mastery + McQueen pieces from the upcoming Met exhibit = Alexander the Great.
As an aside, these museum pieces are being worn by actual bodies only because they are not part of the permanent collection of the Costume Institute at the Met – the guidelines of which dictate that an article of clothing cannot be worn after acquisition. Many of the pieces for the show have come from the Alexander McQueen company archives.
Such is the reason that Sølve Sundsbø’s photographs of the pieces from the exhibition look so ethereal. They were shot on real models as well and then digitally altered to show only the pieces themselves. Sundsbø’s images will also be published in the book by Andrew Bolton, to be released shortly after the exhibit opens.
It’s clear that McQueen touched so many of us – masters and mere mortals, alike.
Images courtesy of Vogue.com.
