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Video: Alexander McQueen FW23

In this video you can see Alexander McQueen’s FW23 collection presented at Paris Fashion Week. Video: FF Channel via Youtube

16 Mar 2023

Culture |In Pictures Featured

Alexander McQueen exhibition opens in Australia

The first major Australian exhibition exploring the work of boundary-pushing British fashion designer Alexander McQueen has opened at the National Gallery of Victoria in Melbourne, Australia. ‘Alexander McQueen: Mind, Mythos, Muse,’ organised by the Los Angeles County Museum of Art (LACMA), in partnership with the National Gallery of Victoria...

15 Dec 2022

Fashion

Alexander McQueen illustrates pre-AW22 with zine and installation

British fashion label Alexander McQueen has invited 12 artists to express their own individual working practices to highlight the brand’s pre-autumn/winter 2022 women’s collection. The project entitled ‘Process’ is being documented in a 160-page zine, which tells each artist’s personal story and journey about how they engaged with Sarah Burton’s...

7 Jun 2022

PeopleFeatured

Alexander McQueen appoints Gianfilippo Testa as new CEO

British luxury house Alexander McQueen has appointed Italian national Gianfilippo Testa as its new chief executive officer, effective May, 2022. Testa will report to François-Henri Pinault, CEO of Kering, the owner of the McQueen brand. The luxury veteran will succeed Emmanual Gintzburger, who is leaving the group to pursue opportunities outside...

21 Mar 2022

Fashion |In Pictures Featured

Alexander McQueen inspired by mycelium for AW22

Alexander McQueen went from the roof of a car park in London to a warehouse in Brooklyn, New York for its latest catwalk to present its autumn/winter 2022 collection inspired by mushrooms and the natural world. “I am so happy to be back in New York, a city that has always been close to our hearts,” said Sarah Burton, creative director at...

16 Mar 2022

Fashion

Alexander McQueen to show AW22 in New York

Alexander McQueen is heading to New York to present its womenswear autumn/winter 2022 collection in March. The British brand is continuing to break from the traditional fashion schedule by opting to showcase its AW22 collection off-schedule after the main autumn collections have been presented at the four major fashion weeks on March 15. No...

10 Feb 2022

Fashion Featured

Alexander McQueen shares creative youth collaboration in Wales

Alexander McQueen has unveiled that in 2020 it undertook a creative educational youth programme in Wales to open up fashion to a new generation, as part of the label’s ongoing commitment to fashion education. Sarah Burton, creative director at Alexander McQueen has launched a number of fashion education initiatives over the years, including...

13 Dec 2021

Business

Alexander McQueen supports youth arts education in East London

British fashion house Alexander McQueen is supporting A Team Arts Education, a community organisation based in Tower Hamlets in London’s East End, where the brand’s founder Lee McQueen grew up. Over the coming year, Alexander McQueen stated that it will support the community arts organisation financially and extend the educational outreach...

11 Nov 2021

Fashion Featured

Alexander McQueen comes home for spring/summer 2022 show

Alexander McQueen returned home, to London, with a magnificent spring/summer 2022 catwalk show in the clouds, inside its very own fashion bubble, with views across the capital from the top of a car park. The British fashion house, part of the Kering family, usually shows during Paris Fashion Week, but since the pandemic, it has instead chosen to...

13 Oct 2021

Fashion

Alexander McQueen to show SS22 in London

Alexander McQueen’s creative director Sarah Burton will present her womenswear spring/summer 2022 collection in London this October. While the Kering-owned brand is based in London, it has previously showcased its new collections during Paris Fashion Week. However, since the pandemic, Alexander McQueen has stepped away from the traditional...

13 Sept 2021

Fashion

Alexander McQueen debuts graffiti campaign and collection

Alexander McQueen’s latest advertising campaign doesn’t feature supermodels styled in super-polished looks. Instead, a guerrilla marketing approach sees a graffiti campaign emulating a spray-painted logo on concrete buildings, busses, the underground and on pavements across major fashion capitals London, Paris, New York and Milan. The graffiti...

15 Jul 2021

CultureFeatured

Exploring the eternal fascination around designer Alexander McQueen

Robert Fairer is a fashion photographer known for capturing the drama backstage at John Galliano’s shows for Christian Dior, and at Marc Jacobs, which he collected in the technicolor tomes, John Galliano Unseen and Marc Jacobs Unseen. A recent addition to the series, is Alexander McQueen Unseen, featuring previously unpublished photos. John...

21 May 2021