Savage Beauty has been described as Alexander McQueen's homecoming and we are lucky to have such an amazing exhibition on our doorstep.
Here's an edited version of the speech the V&A's Senior Curator of Fashion, Claire Wilcox, made at the Press opening of the exhibition:
'Alexander McQueen was one of the most influential
designers of his generation. His radical and fearless vision changed the way we look at fashion. He provoked with his bumster trousers, he astonished with his dresses
made from hand painted glass and razor clam shells, he shocked with his powerful and spectacular catwalk
shows that were characterised by a love of storytelling.
Although bold and subversive with his ideas, everything McQueen did was rooted in
craftsmanship of the highest level. As you probably know the original version
of Savage Beauty took place at the Metropolitan Museum of Art in New York in
2011. It was brilliantly curated by Andrew Bolton, Curator of the Costume Institute, who is also a consultant curator on this exhibition.
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| Portrait of Alexander McQueen, 1997. Photographed by Marc Hom © Marc Hom/Trunk Archive |
