Studio Toogood &
Alexander McQueen
Although the brand is under new legacy Sarah Burton is retaining the McQueen prophecy that Lee put down, and Sarah Burton is taking the reins and respectively expanding and developing, but still making sure it is ‘Alexander McQueen’, “I still wanted it to be about Lee and we worked together so closely that, for me now, designing the collections is almost an instinctive thing........The McQueen woman doesn’t want to feel casual. It’s not that kind of world. When you put on the clothes, they make you stand differently, feel differently. It was about how to do that but make it feel light. I’ve always been part of Lee’s romantic side, that’s what I love. Although there are elements of this collection that are quite dark, even sinister, there’s always a romance to it, a delicacy. Empowerment and protection: working here, you always have to bring back to Alexander McQueen” - Sarah Burton (Frankel, 2012 p 324)
Guido Palau
&
Alexander McQueen
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