Alexander McQueen Black Cashmere 'Joan' Suit, FW 1998

Name: Alexander McQueen Black Cashmere 'Joan' Suit, FW 1998
Brand: Alexander McQueen
Rating: 5 (33 reviews)

About the Item

Alexander McQueen suit crafted from black cashmere, featuring a sharply tailored jacket with standing shoulders and a funnel collar. The jacket is adorned with 31 horn buttons and has a precisely fitted waist. Both the jacket and the matching pencil skirt are lined in the Joan collections signature red damask. The skirt is intricately embellished with deep red, beaded floral embroidery and features a rear kick split for ease of movement. ▪ Brand: Alexander McQueen ▪ Creative Director: Lee Alexander McQueen ▪ Collection: Joan, Fall-Winter 1998 ▪ Fabric: Cashmere ▪ Size: IT40 - FR36 - UK8 - US4 ▪ Made in: Italy ▪ Condition: Very Good ▪ Mannequin: 183 cm / 6ft ---------------- Condition Grading Guidelines:  ▪ Pristine - No signs of wear with inclusion of original packaging ▪ Excellent - Very slight signs of wear with no visible flaws ▪ Very Good - Minor signs of wear from gentle use ▪ Good - Moderate signs of wear from extended use ▪ Fair - Signs of heavy wear, in need of repair not affecting functionality ---------------- The photographs presented in this listing, with the exception of any reference or runway imagery, require proper credit to be attributed to the copyright owner, in order to perform specific actions such as sharing the images on social media, articles or online publications. It is strictly prohibited to utilise the images for selling the same or similar products. If you happen to be the copyright owner of any image we have used and wish for its removal, kindly contact us. We appreciate your cooperation.

Designer:
Alexander McQueen
Brand:
Alexander McQueen
Dimensions:
Marked Size: IT40 - FR36 - UK8 - US4 (EU)
Place of Origin:
Italy
Period:
1990-1999
Condition:
Seller Location:
London, GB
Reference Number:
1stDibs: LU140223898552

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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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