Originally published on 01/11 at 8:00 pm. Re-published at 1 am on 1/12.
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Lee Alexander McQueen, the founder and designer of Alexander McQueen, was found dead earlier today of an apparent suicide. Read an in-depth story by the source that broke the news, Britain's Daily Mail.
My farewell message:
McQueen's designs were ground-breakingly unusual, like the famed "Armadillo" pumps adored and adorned by Lady GaGa, displaying soft beauty in even darkness or pain - something interestingly ironic in my eyes. Beyond that his different pieces were so versatile from even each other - McQueen was not to be pigeonholed and would have never had "one hit". This is a designer who could have forged our future and remained a huge part of the face of current fashion throughout his natural lifespan - but the truth is he already started to do so and he shall remain beyond his body. He leaves a celebrity-celebrated and fashionista-famous legacy in style's history---and the still present, not to be forgotten.
Below is my hand-picked collection of some of McQueen's designs from select seasons, from his infamous Armadillo pumps that evoke fears of torturous pain yet hint at the graces and dreams of ballet and goth terrific fantasies to classic even medieval inspiration to coveted skull scarves, IT bags, and his Scottish influenced plaids and European-style knits.
Ella M.
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