So what exactly was Alexander McQueen feeling when launching It’s a Jungle Out There?
Dazed Digital released an exclusive interview last night with stylist Katy England on Savage Beauty, her tribute exhibit for colleague Alexander McQueen. The interview contains anecdotes on how the stylist and designer created the most memorable runway shows in the fashion world together.
Katy recalls how milliner Philip Treacey, a constant collaborator of Alexander, had a dog that once ate feathers the designer wanted to use in a show, and how the rough and rugged punk aesthetics McQueen had was mainly because he “literally had no money.” Katy also mentions how McQueen’s impulses are sometimes an aftermath of last-minute genius. His spring/summer 1995 show featured tire prints on clothes that bled on the model’s bodies, a result of taking tires over them to create skid marks.
On the other hand, Katy also talks about the celebrated designer as human in times he’d always remember to drop off invites to his shows at his Alma Mater, and feel preyed by a fashion world that wouldn’t hesitate to eat him alive.
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