Black double shoulder strap tank top ALEXANDER McQUEEN
By Alexander McQueen
Located in Saint-Ouen-Sur-Seine, FR
Black double shoulder strap tank top. Fabric composition: 83% rayon, 17% polyester. SIZE M on tag but fit more likely S
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.
Find vintage Alexander McQueen fashion and accessories — including the designer's coveted bags and comfortable, stretchy jersey knit dresses and gowns — on 1stDibs.
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Black double shoulder strap tank top ALEXANDER McQUEEN
By Alexander McQueen
Located in Saint-Ouen-Sur-Seine, FR
Black double shoulder strap tank top. Fabric composition: 83% rayon, 17% polyester. SIZE M on tag but fit more likely S
Blue sleeveless rayon dress with ruffle ALEXANDER McQUEEN
By Alexander McQueen
Located in Saint-Ouen-Sur-Seine, FR
Blue sleeveless rayon dress with ruffle. Main fabric composition: 83% rayon, 17% polyester. Invisible zip closure on the left side. SIZE S
Knit striped dress with gold metal buttons ALEXANDER McQUEEN
By Alexander McQueen
Located in Saint-Ouen-Sur-Seine, FR
Knit striped dress with gold metal buttons. Fabric composition: 88% wool, 10% polyamide, 2% elasthane Invisible zip closure on the middle back SIZE 38 (Fr) M
Black mohair frock coat ALEXANDER McQUEEN
By Alexander McQueen
Located in Saint-Ouen-Sur-Seine, FR
Black mohair frock coat . Knit composition : 75% mohair, 25% nylon. Leather button and buttonhole closure on the front. Pocket on both side. SIZE 38/M
1996 ALEXANDER MCQUEEN by Eo Bocci black leather coat with white topstitching
By Alexander McQueen
Located in San Fransisco, CA
While many vintage collectors mistakenly assume this distinctive transitional 'birth label' is counterfeit, it is in fact a very interesting and significant garment from a pivotal mo...
$5,966
Size: Recommended Size; UK 4 - 6 / XS
ALEXANDER MCQUEEN A/W 2009 Black Leather Biker Jacket with Mongolian Lamb Collar
By Alexander McQueen
Located in Sheffield, GB
An extraordinary Alexander McQueen Autumn / Winter 2009 Runway sample ! This Black Leather Biker Jacket features an incredibly plush Mongolian Lamb Collar that runs all the way arou...
S/S 2006 Alexander McQueen by McQueen green pleated bandage halter dress from 'n
By Alexander McQueen
Located in Austin, TX
S/S 2006 Alexander McQueen by McQueen green pleated bandage halter dress from 'neptune collection' with sheer panels, has stretch condition: very good, some pulling without stre...
Apricot jersey sleeveless dress with leather belt ALEXANDER McQUEEN
By Alexander McQueen
Located in Saint-Ouen-Sur-Seine, FR
Apricot jersey sleeveless dress with leather belt . Jersey composition: 75% nylon, 25% elasthane. Elastic band around the waist. Leather belt with gold metal buckle. SIZE 38/M
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