Alexander McQueen’s last collection previews to rave reviews in Paris

The last, unfinished collection of Alexander McQueen has previewed in Paris to rave reviews.

McQueen’s 16-piece autumn/winter collection was shown to an exclusive clutch of fashion scribes on Tuesday.

The fashion designer, deeply depressed, took his own life at the age of 40 in his Mayfair apartment in London in February. Fashion’s elite, gathered in Paris for its Fashion Week, is in mourning.

His last creations are inspired by paintings of the Old Masters, according to Christina Binkley of the Wall Street Journal. She writes: “Entire works of art by Botticelli, Jean Fouquet and Hans Memling were photographed and woven into jacquards, imprinted on silks or embroidered onto garments.”

AFP reports the appearance of the first model in McQueen’s showing caused audible gasps. The Times’ fashion director Hilary Alexander said: “The showing was an emphatic demonstration of the intense skill and artistry of McQueen, but all the more tragic for being such a brief and poignant reminder of what the fashion world has lost.”

Source: Splash News