World War I brought the ability for any guttersnipe to gain honor fighting for king and country in the early 20th century England. That being said, Alexander McQueen's Fall/Winter 2015 Menswear collection showed a Great War aesthetic. The first models stepped out in double breasted pinstriped suits stamped with bold words: "Honour", "Valour", and "Truth" across the jackets. Underneath these jackets were dark shirts with leather ruffles. Those suits transformed into turtle neck sweaters with the stamp motif and long suit coats with silk floral strips wrapped intricately around the wearer. The floral then graphed onto black sweaters, and covered pants and coat combinations. The colors transitions from blacks, to greys, to deep army greens, to luxurious reds, and shocks of blues. This is quite a contrast from last year's fall menswear collection. Rather than a hard, zippered, and dark image, this McQueen man is softer, going from rags to riches through military styles and perfect tailoring (a McQueen staple). Another McQueen staple, relevant to all of the brand's shows, is the sense of dark humor. This showed in the awkward greased hair and big creeper shoes. It created tension from the expert cuts in suiting. The models wearing these excellent pieces shuffled along the catwalk, like what they were displaying was foreign to them. The show concluded with two looks with white shirts and black suits embellished with glittering stars, similar to the glittering 1920s period of exuberance following the Great War.
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