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'Like Fashion's Hansel And Gretel, They [Alexander McQueen] Created Their Own World Enchanting, Enticing And Scary. And Some Of Us Followed Gladly, While Others Hovered Timorously On The Edge Of The Dark Forest.'
These are two dresses designed by Alexander McQueen. I think they are both two excellent examples of where you can see a link between a fairytale and an art form. The top dress of the two is like a meadow from within a forest of a fairytale. It's so delicate and intricate, yet so vast at the same time. Two contrasts.
The second dress of the two is my favourite, and extremely influential. The layers of fabric which falls from the waist, the colour of the fabric, and how there are horns with more fabric draped over the top creates an amazing shape, and it incorporates the animal element within a fairy tale, with the beauty and the fantasy. Juxtaposing the antlers onto a human is wonderful. I will use take this idea and use it a lot for my future ideas.
Alexander McQueen is known for his darkness, no one can relate to 'Darkness in Disguise' better than him.
The trademark of McQueen is a skull. I think this is an important symbol within a fairy tale as it is associated with poison and death, which ultimately never happens in a tale, but there is always the evil element inside which is 'disguised'. A skull is the ultimate symbol of evil, and I love how McQueen uses it within his design.
A skull should be a key feature for my own work.
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