Acres of print and megabits of bandwith have been expended on discussing Kate Middleton's wedding dress, designed by Sarah Burton for the Alexander McQueen label. For those of you who have been in a bunker for the last couple of weeks there is a good article by Jess Cartner-Morley at The Guardian.
The article discusses what we can read from a choice of wedding dress, and a choice of designer. Sarah Burton turned out to be very safe hands, recognising what was required of the occasion, producing stunningly artful and well constructed dresses for the bride and her chief bridesmaid. Each dress, in its own way, was at the same time virginal and stunningly sexy. By channelling one of fashion's favourite brides, Grace Kelly, a very clear message was sent about what kind of princess Ms Middleton is to be.
Barely a week after the wedding, a retrospective exhibition of the work of Alexander McQueen opened at The Metropolitan Museum of Art, New York. For those of us trapped on the wrong continent and unable to visit, there is a very good blog and video presentation on the Met Museum blog site. If you think this is not of interest to you because you don't 'do' fashion, I urge you to sit down for five minutes and think again. If you don't like McQueen's creations when seen on catwalk models, sit back and look at them as sculptures, textile art, masterpieces of tailoring and embroidery. McQueen served his time apprenticed in Savile Row, and embodies one of my favourite aphorisms, that in order to be able to break the rules you first have to learn them. His knowledge of tailoring and embroidery is embedded in all his work.
And when you get to the end of the tour, take another look at Kate's wedding dress. As Cartner-Morley wrote in another Guardian article:
"To pick McQueen is inspired, because the label has always been about telling stories through clothes, and that is what a day like this is all about. It is the perfect choice."
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Thanks for the blog post and links to this wonderful exhibition. I hadn't realised it was on so am delighted to find it via you. Fingers crossed for a quick windfall so I can jet my way to New York!
ReplyDeleteGreat input.Thanks for remebering me the exhibition.
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