I'm delayed and denied

Hi guys! Long time no see.

So I started writing this post on Thursday in class (wait, listen, I was doing work in class, just had a lot of extra time), but I didn't get to post it. So now I'm just being very late with this. But I figured instead of discarding the post all together, that I would just tweak it.

So here is when I talk about Alexander McQueen's final collection.

Alexander McQueen's Fall 2010 Collection

I think it's one thing to be completely floored by a certain collection and certain designer every once in a while, but McQueen is one of the few designers that just impress me every time. Sadly, this will be the last time that the designer himself will be creating a collection. But he definitely hit the ball outta the park.
The textures, the colors, and the overall silhouettes are GORGEOUS and flattering. His models look both regal and other worldly. He also has this way of making unconventional bold prints work, and my favorite piece being the one here on the top left, if you look closely, I believe those are two saints (?) on her chest.

Seriously, works of art. WORKS OF ART. <----that needed to be said twice

images via style.com


On another note, I was up this morning (this morning being the present day, Saturday) and reading The Cut. I came across this article:

Prada Japan Employee Accuses Management of Trying to Fire ‘Old, Fat, and Ugly’ Workers

According to the article, Prada Japan CEO David Sesia asked senior retail manager Rina Bovrisse to fire 15 employees because they were supposedly "old, ugly, and fat." Then he apparently made an attack at Bovrisse herself, claiming the same things about her, and that he would be embarrassed if visitors from Italy saw her. In November they placed her on involuntary leave, and in December, she filed a suit.


Sadly, as unfair and as cruel as this is, I'm not that shocked.
Fashion is a visual art, and it's run by very many fickle people. If they think you look fat or ugly, they don't care, because in the end they're making money out of things that don't concern those 2 adjectives.
Of course, it's not right for someone with ample qualifications for a job to be fired just for reasons that don't concern their work ethics, but even in the real world, people are fired for the stupidest reasons. And now a days, it's easier to fire people because of the poor economy, and easier to replace people because of it too.
I hope she wins her case.

"But life must go on!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!"

This was meant to be a happy post full of updates on fashion week and what I did yesterday. But I can't write anything without acknowledging what happened within the fashion world.


Alexander McQueen, dead at 40.


When I found out yesterday, it didn't hit me. I even laughed because I thought it was a joke at first. "He's in his prime. He's having a show. This is the biggest joke ever."

Well, no joke.

I spent yesterday reflecting in the back of my head. But I was constantly with people and didn't succumb to anything emotional until I stepped into my house at 10:15 this morning.

That's when I saw my WWD, and that's when I started to cry. I find tears to be beautiful, but this time, everything just seemed very sad.


I want to hit myself right now for even mentioning it again, because people must hate hearing about it now. But I really must say what this designer means to me.


He was the ideal. He was one of the main reasons I looked forward to fashion weeks, to collections, and to shows. I seriously thought actively on numerous occasions how great it would be if one day I could see a show, see him, or even intern for him. Anything. But it's not possible anymore.

You know how writers create a world within their books? He created a world within clothes. And I, like a child, followed him naively but faithfully. Him being gone doesn't just mean one person left. It means a whole world ended.

Some people may think I'm crazy or exaggerating, but I'm not. I'm still to this day unsure of really what I want in life or in fashion. But he was one of the definite things that I knew I could count on in the industry. Nothing of course is ever definite, but at least he made me think so.


I may slightly be angry at him for saying life must go on, but maybe this is more meant for the people that loved him than him trying to convince himself. Of course, life will go on. My life will go on. It's just sad to think some of the last words he gave the world would be applied to him even after death.


Rest in Peace forever more.

We all love the Queen.

In other news

Copy and pasta my little insight [to my friend] on how the Ungaro show went in relation to the article written by The Cut:

"Oh my god, I just saw the whole collection on style.com. It's pretty hideous. I think I liked one whole outfit (a wrapped navy two piece), and then maybe a few pieces ON IT'S OWN, but watch those be mostly thought up by Estrella. The rest, along with the random heart on boobs and foreheads styling was really just plain wrong. I mean, just because you're Lindsay Lohan doesn't mean you can get away with it. I think the only unfair thing to say about the article is they chose the ugliest looks to go in the article, but everything else is pretty right. It's not new or fresh and the hearts made me think Valentine's Day came 5 months early."

http://nymag.com/daily/fashion/2009/10/lindsay_lohans_ungaro_debut_de.html?mid=fashion-alert--20091005


That being said, Tim Burton's "Magical Fashion" pictures for his exhibit in the Moma are GORGEOUS. I am so glad I live in New York City, otherwise I wouldn't have access to so many events/happenings.

The 4th picture (above) is pretty much my favorite, and lo and behold it's Alexander McQueen. What else is new? Speaking of which, his collection (s/s 2010) was fabulous. It started off kind of "Okay, pattern, pattern, pattern," and it was all really well done and structurally great, but it started to get really good when the moving water like skirts and almost translucent shiny fabrics came out. Even though there was nothing on the models chest for one or two of the pieces, the beauty and the non-vulgarity of the designs made it very European (in the sense that in the classical period, nude was considered beautiful, all of which is coined in Europe). And from what I hear, the set-up of the show was great.

I get happy when designers I like do well. Long live the [Mc]Queen, right?


images credited to style.com and harpersbazaar.com