Inspiration… The collection is joyful, inspired by the radiant colour and fragile beauty of nature. Endangered and extinct flowers are lovingly preserved. Flora and fauna and the earth’s riches are celebrated. The hearts of women and the hearts of flowers – both exposed and protected – are intertwined. Flower and petal shapes, rare pressed […]

 

  Inspiration… The North – Urban cityscapes, 1950’s British realist photography, ballrooms and night clubs, collaged with the beauty of the region’s artistic heritage of poetry, painting, literature, and wild landscape. The Alexander McQueen Autumn/Winter 2019 pre-collection celebrates the grit, glamour and beauty of the towns of the North of England. Cityscapes and landscapes past […]

For the Autumn/Winter 2018 womenswear collection, Sarah Burton tailored a pieced together evening coat and jacket with an hourglass waist. Imagining the mannish gesture of shrugging an overcoat on the shoulders of a suit, the process became focused on creating a male version of the shape to be as elegant, smooth-lined, narrow-sharp and nipped-in as […]