Lee Alexander McQueen The Illustrated World of a Fashion Visionary

by Rasmussen, Tom; Rehe, Angie

• ISBN13: 9781923049536
• ISBN10: 1923049534
• Format: Hardcover
• Copyright: 2024-11-05
• Publisher: Smith Street Books

Summary

A beautifully illustrated celebration of the life and work of fashion visionary Alexander McQueen.

Alexander McQueen’s creative vision stunned and shocked the fashion world for over 15 years, with his avant-garde theatricality leading many to call him the enfant terrible of British fashion. He created fashion moments that have not faded from memory, like David Bowie’s Union Jack coat from 1996, Sarah Jessica Parker’s tartan Met Gala dress from 2006, and Lady Gaga’s alien armadillo shoes in the “Bad Romance” video clip in 2009. But before he was Alexander McQueen, he was Lee Alexander McQueen, the boy from London who dreamed of becoming a fashion designer. He worked his way up from making suits on Savile Row to starting his own fashion label and becoming one of the youngest designers ever to win an award for British Womenswear Designer of the Year. This book is a celebration of the life, brand, and 36 groundbreaking collections created by Lee.

Author Biography

Tom Rasmussen is a writer and musician from Lancaster. Their first two books—Diary of a Drag Queen and First Comes Love—were both critical successes. They contribute regularly to the Guardian, the Observer, the Independent, Dazed&Confused, and i-D and are a columnist at American Vogue, where they write about sex and relationships. Rasmussen is currently working on a series for South of the River Pictures as well as adapting their second book for screen with STV and has just released their debut album Body Building. Angie Réhe is a Melbourne-based fashion illustrator and educator whose work celebrates her love of both art and fashion, having worked for some time as a fashion designer. Her fresh, chic, and timeless work has been sought by clients including Vogue, Elle, Harper’s Bazaar, L’Officiel, and Jimmy Choo, among others.