Alexander McQueen: Savage Beauty

Lee Alexander McQueen 1969-2010

Savage Beauty, the McQueen retrospective has closed its doors after an extended run in the Met. It is an exhibition i would have loved to have seen. McQueen to me was an aspiration, a British boy from the wrong side of the tracks who rewrote the rule book on everything about Design. I find his work hard to describe in way that does it justice;  each piece holds such beauty and detail that it blows me away time after time. I think the images say more than I ever could, and I can only image that wearing a McQueen gown feels like slipping on an old friend that fits you like a glove.

"I think there is beauty in everything. What ‘normal’ people would perceive as ugly, I can usually see something of beauty in it."

— Alexander McQueen

The exhibition has belonged in London all along, and now the V&A have launched an online petition to bring the Savage Beauty to the Capital. This seems the perfect homage to the Designer, to take his collections back to his home town.

A V&A spokeswoman said: "We would love to host the exhibition, we have spoken to the fashion house about it as we really want to present McQueen's work to our huge fashion and design audience here in the UK."

More info, including the petition itself using these links;
Alexander McQueen: Savage Beauty

Bring the McQueen Exhibition Home
Vogue.com Inside Savage Beauty