Alexander McQueen: Savage Beauty

Long Live McQueen—A new exhibition pays tribute to the extravagantly gifted fashion designer
Courtesy of The Metropolitan Museum of Art / Sølve Sundsbø / Art + Commerce

Sarabande, Spring/Summer 2007
"Remember Sam Taylor-Wood's dying fruit? Things rot... I used flowers because they die," McQueen said of this sleeveless gown, made of silk and fresh flowers. "My mood was darkly romantic at the time."

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