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Glass delves into how Henry Moore inspired Alexander McQueen

October 15, 2020

FOR Alexander McQueen's AW20 collection, Creative Director Sarah Burton took inspiration from British artist Henry Moore. Though known for his bronze sculptures, the designer was more fond of his drawings. A...

Glass explores Alexander McQueen’s AW20 Tailors Quilt

Imogen Clark

September 25, 2020

Fashion, News

IF I had to describe the Alexander McQueen woman I would say she embodies strength. Season after season, this woman evolves but the strength remains threaded into the seams of every garment from the British lux...

Glass explores Alexander McQueen’s AW20 womenswear tailoring

Imogen Clark

August 25, 2020

Fashion, News

KNOWN for their superb tailoring, Alexander McQueen present their womenswear AW20 suiting. Playing with notions of both masculinity and femininity this season, this balance uses contrasts to enhance each look. ...

Glass presents Alexander McQueen’s AW20 Campaign

Imogen Clark

August 18, 2020

Fashion, News

REWINDING our memories back to Paris Fashion Week back in March, Sarah Burton presented the new Alexander McQueen AW20 collection inspired by her trip to Wales. During the designer's visit to St. Fagans Nationa...

Looks from the Alexander McQueen’s Pre AW20 Collection inspired by Art Nouveau

Imogen Clark

July 29, 2020

Fashion, News

NEVER straying too far from its roots, Alexander McQueen’s Pre AW20 womenswear collection was inspired by the vast intricacies of the British countryside as well as this country's art nouveau movement. Mergi...

Glass explores Alexander McQueen’s Scottish Wild Flowers

Imogen Clark

July 16, 2020

Fashion, Menswear, News

THROUGHOUT Lee Alexander McQueen’s career as a fashion designer there were repetitive motifs that he threaded through each collection. Born to English parents, his ancestry linked his family back to the Isle of...

Glass presents Alexander McQueen PreFall 2020 Collection

Imogen Clark

June 25, 2020

Fashion, News

INSPIRED by British art nouveau and its arts, the unrefined elegance of modernity and in true McQueen nature, the flowers of the iris, the Scottish thistle and the Glasgow rose. Alexander McQueen's Pre Fall 202...

Alexander McQueen launches The Story Shoulder Bag

Molly Denton

June 16, 2020

Fashion, News

BRITISH luxury fashion house Alexander McQueen has launched The Story Shoulder Bag. The new design, as seen on the SS20 Runway, draws inspiration from its predecessor, The Story. Featuring a slig...

Alexander McQueen Engangered Flower Print - Feature Image

Glass takes a look behind the seams of Alexander McQueen’s SS20 endangered flower print

Augustine Hammond

May 15, 2020

Fashion, News

AN ODE to the house’s long-lasting love affair with the natural world, Alexander McQueen have released images that document the making of their SS20 endangered flower print. This comes after the house announced...

Alexander McQueen announce the latest nature-inspired theme for the McQueen Creators project

Augustine Hammond

May 12, 2020

Fashion, News

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AS THE country enters its seventh week in lockdown, Alexander McQueen enter the sixth week of the #McQueenCreators project. Following the Prime Minster’s announcement to fractionally loosen the lockdown, now al...

Alexander McQueen announce new project encouraging creativity

Augustine Hammond

April 1, 2020

Fashion, News

ALEXANDER MCQUEEN have announced an new initiative to their many million followers, which champions artistic expression and creativity during these times of hardship. Starting from today, the house is encour...

Alexander McQueen Menswear SS20 Feature Image

Glass presents exclusive McQueen tailoring looks from Menswear SS20 collection

Augustine Hammond

March 27, 2020

Fashion, Menswear, News

“TAILORING is reconstructed, cut up and pieced together,” McQueen announces, following the release of their latest menswear garments for SS20. With reference to their AW19 womenswear offerings, asymmetric trom...

PFW AW20: Alexander McQueen

Augustine Hammond

March 3, 2020

Fashion, Fashion Shows, News

SIGNED, sealed and delivered was the love letter to the Welsh countryside that informed Sarah Burton’s AW20 collection for Alexander McQueen at Paris Fashion Week this season. A result of visits outside of thei...

Alexander McQueen announces fabric donation scheme for young designers

Augustine Hammond

February 20, 2020

Fashion, Feature

SUSTAINABILITY, the word we all keep hearing, but who is actually acting? With increasing pressure on luxury fashion houses to make drastic changes, now it seems Alexander McQueen is listening to the need for m...

Alexander McQueen debuts new Spring-Summer 2020 campaign

Lexi Fadina

January 27, 2020

Fashion, News

ALEXANDER McQueen by creative director Sarah Burton has presented its new Summer-Spring 2020 campaign. Shot by British photographer Jamie Hawkesworth, McQueen’s new campaign images feature models Vivien Solari,...

Alexander McQueen drops new handbag collection – The Story

Lexi Fadina

December 16, 2019

Fashion, News

BRITISH luxury fashion house Alexander McQueen has unveiled a new series of handbags –The Story. The new handbag line is the first of the three entirely new handbag families, which will be released for Spring/S...

Alexander McQueen opens Roses exhibition in its flagship store in London

Lexi Fadina

December 4, 2019

Fashion, News

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ALEXANDER McQueen has opened a new open-access exhibition titled Roses on the second floor of its flagship store in London. Curated by brand’s creative director Sarah Burton, the exhibition is a second installa...

SS20 PFW: Alexander McQueen

Maria Noyen

October 1, 2019

Fashion Shows, News

WITHIN a stripped down warehouse sweeping melodies of British composer Isobel Waller-Bridge gently signal the start of Alexander McQueen’s SS20 collection at PFW. Performed by the London Contemporary Orchestra,...

LFWM SS20: Alexander McQueen

Mirabella Shahidullah

June 10, 2019

Fashion, Menswear, News

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SET IN the historical Charterhouse, a building which dates back to the 14th century, the house of Alexander McQueen presents their SS20 collection. Referencing the label’s previous AW19 Womenswear collection, t...

PFW AW18: Alexander McQueen

Tom Halford

March 6, 2018

Fashion, Fashion Shows, News

CONTINUING Alexander McQueen’s legacy, creative director Sarah Burton’s AW18 RTW collection for Alexander McQueen included the brands signature theme – insects. Prints incorporated throughout the collection com...

New Alexander McQueen fashion film from ShowStudio

Caroline Simpson

August 12, 2015

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Prompted by Savage Beauty, the recently closed block-busting retrospective of work by Alexander McQueen, at the Victoria & Albert Museum London, the British fashion filmmaker and photographer Nick Knight an...

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