4 - Review of Alexander McQueen Fall 2012 by Cathy Horyn

The much anticipated Alexander McQueen show for fall 2012 encompassed volume and futuristic details. Cathy Horyn reviewed the collection for the New York Times:

"Everybody seems to be talking about three-dimensional fashion, and the future. Tonight, at Salle Wagram, the same place where Alexander McQueen staged his dance-marathon collection, his successor, Sarah Burton, gave a magical rendering of both. The show started calmly with snowy white bell-shape coatdresses and laser-cut calf skin, resembling lace. All the models wore helmetlike white-blond wigs, their eyes shielded by visors. Then Ms. Burton turned up the volume, first with feathery and fur coats (like dandelion heads before the wind catches them), and gradually the shapes became monumental in scale. Ms. Burton’s presentation was beautiful, but the monumental aspect was riveting — how it affects your eye. Tomorrow, in the McQueen showroom, I’ll take a closer look."

 Horyn uses interesting and descriptive language to describe the collections that makes the reader really understand the clothing and details. Phrases like "three-dimensional", "bell-shape", and "monumental" describe the shapes and silhouettes of the designs. "Laser-cut" and "helmetlike" describe the details well. She does not go into much description about color, using only the words "snowy white", she focuses more on the shapes of the garments. "Feathery", "fur", and "calf skin" describe the fabrics used. Horyn also creatively uses similes to give a very accurate description of the fur coats (like dandelion heads before the wind catches them). I like the informal and descriptive language she uses, because it really describes the clothing in a way that is clear to the viewer.