Queen invites you into the creative mind and world of one of Britain'
s most brilliant, daring and provocative designers, and the many themes and references that shaped his visionary fashion collections. Accompanying the V&
A'
s landmark exhibition Alexander Mc
Queen: Savage Beauty, and taking the key themes of the exhibition of tailoring, gothic, primitivism, naturalism and futurism, this comprehensive catalogue features previously unseen material as well as groundbreaking essays and feature spreads by multiple authors and leading fashion commentators. This kaleidoscopic approach explores themes central to the designer'
s work and his collections, such as the psychology of fashion, natural history, the theatre and spectacle of his shows, and the key creative collaborators during Mc
Queen'
s lifetime. Alexander Mc
Queen also offers an encyclopaedic survey of Mc
Queen'
s catwalk collections, illustrated with striking images by leading fashion photographers, and specially commissioned photographs that capture the breath-taking skill of his designs and awesome theatricality of his shows. Accompanies Alexander Mc
Queen: Savage Beauty (14 March to 19 July 2015), developed and expanded from the 2011 blockbuster show at the Metropolitan Museum of Art, New York.