ALEXANDER McQUEEN S/S 1998 "Golden Shower" Striped Asymmetric Sheath Dress

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ALEXANDER McQUEEN S/S 1998 "Golden Shower" Striped Asymmetric Sheath Dress

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ALEXANDER McQUEEN S/S 1998 "Golden Shower" Semi Sheer Dual Tone Striped Asymmetric Sheath Dress Brand / Manufacturer: Alexander McQueen Collection: S/S 1998 “Golden Shower / The Rain / Untitled“ – Runway look #61 Designer: Alexander McQueen Style: Asymmetric semi-sheer sheath dress with bottleneck collar; cap sleeves Color(s): Shades of black and yellow Lined: Partial lining (collar) Marked Fabric Content: Unmarked Fabric Content (feel of): Acetate and nylon; metal (closure) Additional Details / Inclusions: Black and yellow semi-sheer sheath dress with asymmetric hem; high bottleneck collar. Aesthetic french curve cut dual tone panels; two black semi-sheer panels. Both black and yellow fabrics cut on bias for added stretch. Short cap sleeves. High bottleneck collar with two small button closures at center back. Hidden lapped ¼ length metal zipper center back. Aesthetic bottom panel with french curve asymmetrical hem adding slight fullness at the bottom. Knit of fabric has two way stretch along width. Made In: Italy MEASUREMENTS & SIZING: Marked Size: 42 (Italian) Bust: 28" (Unstretched) Waist: 24" (Unstretched) Hip: 28" (Unstretched) Length: 46" (At center back) CONDITION: BC/C (see guide). Two small seam separations on right shoulder (not noticeable when worn). Three small pinprick pulls to center front interior black panel (not visible when worn, not noticeable except upon very close inspection). Two pinprick size fabric pulls at left underarm in yellow (not noticeable except upon close inspection). Fabric dye bleeding not original to the garment fabric (possibly from runway show). AA - New with Tags / Packaging (may show minimal signs of retail handling / shelf wear) A - New without Tags / Packaging (may show minimal signs of retail handling / shelf wear) AB - Next to New / Excellent Preowned (no significant signs of use / imperfections) B - Very Good Preowned / light signs of use (may have insignificant signs of use / imperfections). BC - Good Preowned / moderate signs of use (may have visible signs of use / imperfections) C – Fair Preowned condition / used (may have significant signs of use / imperfections)

Designer:
Alexander McQueen
Brand:
Alexander McQueen
Place of Origin:
Italy
Period:
1990-1999
Condition:
Seller Location:
Thiensville, WI
Reference Number:
Seller: EI:0135631stDibs: LU541310151872

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Alexander McQueen

British fashion designer Lee Alexander McQueen, the original creative engine behind the Alexander McQueen label, was beloved for his expert tailoring and theatrical runway shows. After his suicide in 2010, fans left tributes to the man and his talents outside Alexander McQueen boutiques worldwide. Record-breaking crowds visited the posthumous retrospective of the designer’s work at the Metropolitan Museum of Art in New York City and the Victoria and Albert in London.

The inspirations for vintage Alexander McQueen bags, dresses, jackets and other items came from many quarters — film, music, current events, history, his heritage and fashions of the past. The designer's runway presentations were not just displays of clothing but were personal expressions of the zeitgeist, often touching on our cultural anxieties and concerns. McQueen’s own thoughts and feelings about love, death, gender, genocide, colonialism, global warming and the extinction of species all appear in his pieces.

McQueen certainly shook up fashion; he was a born Rottweiler. His upbringing on a council estate in north London played a part, but his family was close and supportive, not dysfunctional. He was proud of his Scottish heritage: He was a defiant fashion warrior. His historical themes and shows — such as “Highland Rape,” 2002, which was inspired by England’s “rape of Scotland,” as McQueen called it — always invoked powerful reactions from his audience of fashion pros.

“What you see in the work is the person himself. And my heart is in my work,” McQueen told Harper’s Bazaar in 2007.

It is perhaps this heart, and the heart’s exposure, that drew the crowds and made McQueen's creations both popular and emotionally resonant. Because the work was personal and thus layered with feeling, the motifs — decorative embellishments and fabric choices — have meaning. In other words, in McQueen’s oeuvre, plaid is more than simply a pattern.

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