Elon Made Me Come Back

Alexander McQueen - “SAVAGE BEAUTY” {Exhibition} #2

I still feel so lucky to have seen this in real life.

Saw this in real life last year, and it blew my mind. One of my biggest inspirations.

That upper right corner has my name on it so hard.

Each designer has a signature piece which represents their whole aesthetic, and in my mind this corset from Alexander McQueen Fall/Winter 1996 is quintessentially everything that Lee stood for. The lilac silk faille corset was covered in a web of black lace and embroidered with beads, inspired by the Victorian age (it was symbolic for mourning) as many of McQueen’s earlier pieces were. Its sharp high neck obstructed the view of the model and had a look as if it belonged to the villain of some twisted fairytale, making the piece raw and unapologetic, but also added a kind of melancholy. This piece is alluring but not particulary conventionally beautiful, which is one of the things that I admire about McQueen’s work; he has this innate ability to find beauty even in the darkest of places, to give ugliness a new kind of attraction. This artistic eye lead McQueen to create an unmatched legacy of haunting pieces, one that will go down in history. image via.

Costume designed by Francine Gaillard-Risler for Annie Ducaux in the 1961 production of Jean Racine’s Britannicus

From the Centre National du Costume de Scene

Costume designed by Edith Head for Ginger Rogers in Lady in the Dark (1944) - one of the most expensive costumes ever made.

From the Victoria & Albert Museum

Costume designed by Adolphe Mouron Cassandre for Annie Ducaux in the 1959 production of Jean Racine’s Phaedra

From the Centre National du Costume de Scene

Costume designed by Farrah Abd’elkadar for Catherine Sammie in the 1972 production of Shakespeare’s Richard III

From the Centre National du Costume de Scene

Costume designed by Jose Varona for Christa Ludwig in the 1978 production of Claudio Monteverdi’s L’incoronazione di Poppea

From the Centre National du Costume de Scene

A Connecticut Yankee in King Arthur’s Court - Rhonda Fleming as Alisande La Carteloise wearing a pale gold chiffon dress with pleated skirt, trumpet sleeves and beaded bands accenting the bodice, the waist and the hips.

The costume were designed by Mary Kay Dodson and Edith Head.

Free People

A little something to put you in an Academy Award mood: a pictorial list of all the dresses worn by Best Actress Academy Award Winners from 1929 to 2013.

c.1898–1900

Met

"Jellyfish" Ensemble

Alexander McQueen, 2010

The Metropolitan Museum of Art