Cage crinoline

Cage crinoline

Alexander McQueenWW-1862-150223

Brooklyn Museum Costume Collection at The Metropolitan Museum of Art, Gift of the Brooklyn Museum, 2009; Brooklyn Museum Collection

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Year
1862

Artist

Alexander McQueen
Alexander McQueen

Alexander McQueen was a British fashion designer whose collections merged tailoring precision with theatrical provocation, often incorporating unconventional materials, deconstruction, and references to art history and cultural transgression. Working from his London studio, he challenged fashion's formal conventions through elaborate runway presentations that functioned as conceptual performance. His work combined exceptional technical craft with conceptual ambition, establishing fashion design as a legitimate medium for artistic inquiry rather than commercial accommodation alone.

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Artist

Alexander McQueen

Alexander McQueen

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