Late Thursday night (Feb. 11th), soon after I arrived back in London and was tired and much annoyed by a delay of more than an hour on my Eurostar train journey from Paris (where I had attended Premiere Vision Pluriel and Texworld events), I learned with shock and sadness of the passing of UK’s much loved star designer Alexander McQueen, who was found dead in his home yesterday morning.
As the fashion world try to come to terms of the sudden loss of a unique and unrivalled talent whose passion, energy and enigma will be sorely missed, I dug through my archives of the only pictures I have in my procession of McQueen. The pictures here were from the The Prince's Trust Graduate Fashion Week 2001 gala show, sponsored by Topshop of the Arcadia Group. McQueen (who was 40) picked a Japanese student Sadaharu Hoshino, from Nottingham Trent, as the recipient of American Express's Innovation Award. He commented on a remarkable revival of the art of pattern-cutting, technique and finish, and the combination of creativity and commercial awareness. McQueen had recently grieved over the loss of three women who were very close to him: in 2007 he was devastated by the suicide of stylist Isabella Blow, the woman credited with mentoring McQueen; his aunt Dolly last year, and just 11 days ago of his beloved mother Joyce. May you rest in peace, Mcqueen - undoutedly one of the greatest British designers we will remember for a long, long time.
As the fashion world try to come to terms of the sudden loss of a unique and unrivalled talent whose passion, energy and enigma will be sorely missed, I dug through my archives of the only pictures I have in my procession of McQueen. The pictures here were from the The Prince's Trust Graduate Fashion Week 2001 gala show, sponsored by Topshop of the Arcadia Group. McQueen (who was 40) picked a Japanese student Sadaharu Hoshino, from Nottingham Trent, as the recipient of American Express's Innovation Award. He commented on a remarkable revival of the art of pattern-cutting, technique and finish, and the combination of creativity and commercial awareness. McQueen had recently grieved over the loss of three women who were very close to him: in 2007 he was devastated by the suicide of stylist Isabella Blow, the woman credited with mentoring McQueen; his aunt Dolly last year, and just 11 days ago of his beloved mother Joyce. May you rest in peace, Mcqueen - undoutedly one of the greatest British designers we will remember for a long, long time.
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→RIP Alexander McQueen
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