Yes the tragic news took the fashion world by surprise yesterday, when Fashion Designer and guru, Lee Alexander Mcqueen, was announced dead yesterday at the age of 40. Seems like he commited suicide. So selfish on his end don't you think? Yes he was devestated his mom had passed away a few days earlier, but where does that leave us? The fans? The students? The followers??? What would the skull lovers and fans do? (i.e. Candy floss and myself included). What would Lady Gaga do? This is tragic .. Really tragic.
The dramatic, theatrical and eccentric designers are 3 in this world (I'm referring to the great ones only, and Christian Lacroix, with all his greatness, unfortunately was a victim of the financial crisis) John Galliano, Jean Paul Gaultier and Alexander McQueen. Now that he's gone, there are only 2 left. The two Jean/John are quite old-ish, and yes they are Gods in their field, but really, Alex McQ was more wearable and appealed to women more, no? He was able to introduce a skull, something that's dead and ugly, something that implies danger and death, into the fashion world, as an aesthetic embellishment to any piece. Everyone else followed. And even today, no skulls can compare to McQueen's skulls, or his signature scarves that automatically became a must-have accessory. Before him, skulls were considered sort of a taboo. It used to put others off, and well, living in the Arab World, wearing skulls was a big no-no, accusations of being devil worshippers and such, is never fun(no I was never accused of being one and yes there have been those who were accused because of what they wore and such) But thanks to Mr. McQueen, that is a thing of the past. Now, skulls are merely a fashion statement.. A must.. Eye candy.. worn to adorn! Ooh I'm rhyming. I'm patenting that. Worn to Adorn! :)
Anyway, I know I was planning on doing the fashion collage post once a week, and I did it yesterday, but considering the circumstances, I decided to dedicate this to Mr. McQueen, entitled Skulls, Lips and London Hearts.
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