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"I want to empower women. I want people to be afraid of the women I dress... Give me time and I'll give you a revolution..." — Alexander McQueen +++ Iconic moments from the runway of avant-garde visionary fashion designer, Alexander McQueen White cotton muslin dress spray-painted black and yellow-green with underskirt of white synthetic tulle (No. 13, Spring/Summer 1999) Dress with bodice of hand-painted red glass medical slides and skirt of red and black dyed ostrich feathers (VOSS, Spring/Summer 2001) Amazonian castaway rainbow evening gown (Irere, Spring/Summer 2003) Nude silk organza dress embroidered with silk flowers and fresh flowers (Sarabande, Spring/Summer 2007) White cocktail dress with embroidery detail of black kissing peacocks (The Girl Who Lived In A Tree, Autumn/Winter 2008) Jellyfish dress with matching leggings and Armadillo platform boots embroidered with iridescent enamel paillettes (Plato's Atlantis, Spring/Summer 2010) Dress and glove of printed silk satin with Hieronymus Bosch detail and an underskirt of duck feathers painted gold (Angels And Daemons, Autumn/Winter 2010) Monarch butterfly minidress with matching stiletto sandals (Spring Forward, Spring/Summer 2011) Evening gown of engineered porcelain mosaic bustier and ruffled silk tulle train with matching platform sandals (The Ice Queen And Her Court, Autumn/Winter 2011) Deep pink silk organza cocktail dress with matching platform sandals and a mirrored visor (Beautiful Future, Autumn/Winter 2012)
Archive piece from Alexander McQueen: floor-length dress of frayed and disheveled ivory silk organza, georgette, and chiffon. Dubbed as the "Oyster Dress" because of how the organic layering of the fabric mirrors the appearance of the namesake mollusk, this dramatic "drowned and shipwrecked" look was part of the Irere runway show, in Spring/Summer 2003. #alexandermcqueen #savagebeauty #fashion #fashionhistory #styleicon #styleiseternal #archivepiece #irere #oysterdress #springsummer2003