Alexander McQueen: Savage Beauty

By: Ashley Tjan | Courtesy of Alexander McQueen. Photograph © Sølve Sundsbø | November 01, 2011 | Fashion

 
LACMA’s Costume Council presents Savage Beauty, an exhibition on the late Alexander McQueen.  Andrew Bolton, curator of the Metropolitan Museum of Art’s Costume Institution will contribute commentary to the innovative and multi-layered man behind the designs who integrated creative brilliance with technical prowess. 

McQueen, born to a taxi driver and a social science teacher, had humble beginnings as one of six children.  His start in fashion began at a young age making dresses for his three sisters.  Since then he has worked as chief designer of Givenchy from 1996 to 2001 and founded his own label under the name Alexander McQueen.  He is famed for his ability to imbue a mixture of fragility and strength in his collections as well as for his lavish, provocative fashion shows.

The exhibition celebrates the late McQueen’s remarkable contributions to fashion from his Central Saint Martins postgraduate collection of 1992 to his posthumous final runway presentation.  Approximately one hundred ensembles and seventy accessories from McQueen’s nineteen-year career will be on view.

Bing Theater | $50 general admission | Tickets: 323 857-6010 or purchase online | Free for Costume Council members and $35 for their guests; RSVP by November 2 to 323 857-6555 or .(JavaScript must be enabled to view this email address).

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