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Tuesday, June 28, 2011

Dialogues between past and present: Historic garments as source material for contemporary fashion design - Victoria and Albert Museum


Sketchbook, Katie Eary, 2008. © Katie Eary										Several of the Royal College of Art graduates whose work was featured in Future Fashion Now took some inspiration from historic garments. For her crystal-clad menswear collection, Katie Eary looked to a wide range of influences, including the uniforms of the Grenadier Guards, 19th-century English tailoring, and Russian literature. Her sketchbook is replete with images of men’s military uniform and swatches of leopard print fabric and leather

Saturday, April 30, 2011

Dress, Plato’s Atlantis, spring/summer 2010

Alexander McQueen (British, 1969–2010)
Dress
Plato’s Atlantis, spring/summer 2010
Gray wool and silk/synthetic knit printed in jellyfish pattern
Courtesy of Alexander McQueen
Photography by Sølve Sundsbø

Dress, Plato’s Atlantis, spring/summer 2010

Alexander McQueen at the Met in NYC

The exhibition, organized by The Costume Institute, will celebrate the late Alexander McQueen’s extraordinary contributions to fashion.

/http://blog.metmuseum.org/alexandermcqueen/

Friday, April 29, 2011

On Sarah Burton

On the Runway: Sarah Burton’s First Collection for McQueen

By By CATHY HORYN

Published: October 5, 2010

Before the Alexander McQueen show tonight, Sarah Burton said her main objective with the collection — her first since taking over as creative director after Mr. McQueen's death in February — was to impart a strong sense of craft.

http://runway.blogs.nytimes.com/2010/10/05/sarah-burtons-first-collection-for-mcqueen/

http://www.nytimes.com/packages/html/style/fashionweek/runway.html