McQueen had already staged a fashion show there for fall winter 2002/2003. The conciergerie was the élite prison, and most notably, Marie Antoinette's last demeure. "The Ice Queen and her court" (as this collection was called) shows us that Alexander McQueen's craftmanship and genius is not gone away with his death. His dna and legacy still lives in the work of Sarah Burton; in fact she has been his collaborator for years, so I suppose that even her ideas contributed to the birth of McQueen's notorious collections in the past.
A new level of femininity and lightness enters McQueen' s world (as previously experienced last spring summer collection). The drama was there but in a less harsh way. Blinding white, grey and charcoal black. Slim waists, big shoulders underlined by fur, body conscious silouhettes and a deep research on textures and fabrics mixing. Zippers that help build the dress and ornate it. Touches of fur, romantic and flowing organza and tulle. The house classic taste for fetish: leather strings and belts. And a bustier, completely handmade, covered in small pieces of china. Now that's craftmanship!
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