Alexander McQueen: Savage Beauty – The Only Exhibition To See In 2015

Alexander McQueen: Savage Beauty, the breathtaking retrospective of the visionary designer's work, is finally, finally coming to London after a sellout run at New York's Metropolitan Museum of Art in 2011. And where better to take it – and add to it and re-edit it – than the glorious V&A, about which McQueen himself once said '…it's the sort of place I'd like to be shut in overnight.'

Alexander McQueen, Scanners, AW03

The exhibition is, in a sense, a homecoming – Lee Alexander McQueen was London born and the city was the hub of his work and creative process. Revisiting the archive just reminds you what an exceptional talent McQueen really was. His work was subversive, dark and hard-edged; sometimes misunderstood and occasionally terrifying. But it was always achingly beautiful and, crucially, underpinned by the most profound skill. 


Alexander McQueen, Plato's Atlantis  SS10

'Savage Beauty is a celebration of the most imaginative and talented designer of our time. Lee was a genius and a true visionary who pushed boundaries, challenged and inspired. He believed in creativity and innovation and his talent was limitless,' said Sarah Burton, now Creative Director at Alexander McQueen.


Alexander McQueen, Voss, SS01

The show will span McQueen's career from his MA graduate show in 1992 to his final, unfinished AW10 collection and will feature 30 new pieces not seen in the original Met exhibition donated from Katy England and Isabella Blow's personal collections. Expect, also, to see a Cabinet of Curiosities showcasing some of the accessories from his collections, sound and screens showing catwalk footage, giving life and context and feeling to the 200 or so items on display.


Alexander McQueen, The Girl Who Lived In The Tree, AW08

And expect to see a recreation of one of the most stunning snapshot moments of iconic creativity and awe-inspiring beauty the fashion industry has seen. Step back to New York, 2006, the moment when Kate Moss appeared as a 3D holographic image at the close of McQueen's Widows of Culloden show… The recreation of that moment - an almost life-sized swirling, ethereal, haunting Kate Moss - will fill a whole room at the exhibition. Wow.

(Whether you have or haven't seen it, watch below - we defy you not to get goosebumps.)

Kate Moss Amaizing Hologram

The retrospective opens 14 March 2015 and a whopping 16,000 tickets have already been sold.

Alexander McQueen, Voss, SS01

Alexander McQueen, No. 13, SS99

Alexander McQueen, What A Merry-Go-Round, AW01

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