pieces revealing a naked Michelle Olley covered in moths. The image (above‚ figure 8)‚ was based on a piece by American photographer Joel-Peter Witkin. Alexander McQueen not only used his heritage as inspiration but other artists. This specific collection just comes to show the extent to how extreme and broad fashion can be. McQueen’s legacy Alexander McQueen’s suicide in 2010 did not mean an end to his influence. On the contrary‚ it has only developed further from there. His name still holds an immense
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December 15‚ 2012 Alexander McQueen Alexander McQueen was born March 17‚ 1969 in Lewisham‚ London. He was the youngest of six children. He knew he wanted to be a fashion designer when he started making dresses for his three sisters at a young age. He left school at 16 to go on an apprenticeship with Savile Row where he earned his reputation in the fashion world. He attended Central Saint Martins College of Art and Design and earned a masters degree in fashion design. McQueen has been credited
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The British fashion designer and couturier Alexander McQueen has also been influential to me. McQueen was known for his theatrical‚ dark and extravagant work. For several seasons‚ he created series of pattern on pattern suits. Pattern on pattern work is seen in Watchmen and Schnick Schnack Jungle. Schnick Schnack Jungle is made up of found objects which I connected together to create original miniature sculptures. I then painted a repetitive pattern composed of many different sizes. This has the
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ALEXANDER MCQUEEN Fashion Designer (1969 - 2010) ALEXANDER MCQUEEN (1969 - 2010) burst onto the fashion stage in 1992‚ courting controversy as headlines hailed him as the new enfant terrible. Though contentious and frequently misunderstood‚ he established the fashion label that is now internationally acclaimed and coveted without compromising his approach. From the start of his career McQueen has both shocked and delighted his audience with raw presentations often depicting bleak history and anarchic
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report is to gain an understanding of how the two companies achieve their marketing corporate objectives through a comparison of two different companies based on their marketing mix. 1.2 The two companies that will be based on this report are Christian Dior and its competitor Chanel. Both companies are in the fashion industry. They are the top fashion brands to be known throughout the world. 1.3 The marketing mix includes 7 P’s. The basic ones are‚ Product‚ Price‚ Place‚ Promotion‚ the extra ones
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Victimisation - Alexander McQueen Victimisation The contemporary designer whose design philosophy best reflects Evan’s analysis of McQueen’s representations on the theme of ‘Victimisation’ is the label Victor & Rolf. Victor & Rolf’s design philosophy is ‘originality and traditions‚ glamour‚ avant-garde‚ conceptual- couture’ (FashionTraveler.com‚ 2011:1). The Victor & Rolf collection I have chosen from is Autumn/Winter 2008/2009 in order to illustrate my views and compare to Alexander McQueen’s work
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CoCo Chanel and Alexander McQueen. Higher Art Design Essay. Abbeylauren Duckett Two artists that I have chosen who reflect change are Alexander Mcqueen who emulated the dominance of media on the world during the 1990’s and Coco Chanel who reflected the change in the stance of women in society after the first world war. Alexander McQueen was a contempary fashion designer and was his in-depth knowledge of British tailoring. He learned his skills as a tailor as an apprentice in the famous Savile
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Lee Alexander McQueen born on March 17‚ 1969 and passed away on February 11‚ 2010 in London‚ United Kingdom. He was known as simply Alexander McQueen to the fashion world. McQueen’s dad was a cab driver and his mother was a schoolteacher who taught Social Science. He was youngest of six children. He knew at a young age of three of his homosexuality and children used to make fun of him for it. He states that‚ “Actually‚ yeah. I would wear my sister’s clothes and people wouldn’t recognise it because
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Comparing the Contrasting Written two centuries apart‚ “Young Goodman Brown” by Nathaniel Hawthorne and “Where Are You Going; Where Have You Been” by Joyce Carol Oates are two seemingly different stories. However‚ if looked at closely‚ several elements can be tied together. Each story has a similar point of view‚ but the story is told from two different perspectives. Several themes are unique to the stories‚ but deep within similarities can be found. The authors conclude their stories in two different
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Comparing and Contrasting (quoted from Jim Stover‚ “Writing About Literature”) One of the best methods to help us clarify our thoughts about a character‚ an event‚ a poem‚ a story—nearly anything—is to compare and contrast. (To compare can mean to find similarities and differences. Coupled with contrast‚ however‚ to compare means to point out similarities‚ while to contrast means to point out differences.) Many of us‚ feeling weighted down by cares‚ have happened to see someone coping with a
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