Like I have stated before, I love McQueen. Especially this
collection: the latest menswear show for the fall and winter of 2014. The
entire collection flourished as a tribute of the always-edgy looks of Alexander
McQueen past. I think the label’s past is perhaps the greatest and most
fantastically macabre history of the late twentieth century and early
twenty-first century. With that in mind, this specific collection reeked of
dark masculine intensity and beautiful pieces of clothing taken to the next
level. Of course, or else it wouldn’t really be McQueen, now would it? To truly
break it down, the amazing cuts of overcoats with suits emits a certain
historical image of a dapper gentleman. The grey-scale color palette also
reflected that feeling of a time of our ancestors, now gone by. Then, of
course, there was the full on pink tartan kilt ensemble that radiated dapper
dandyism and strong Scottish ancestry (also very past McQueen). The details
were fresh and totally impeccable. Words of poetry were scrawled across the
crisp white collars of dress shirts and embroidered on black topcoats. Other
adornments included bold and contrasting symmetrical lines that highlighted the
pattern of dark garments. For example, the black mohair sweater with white
lines forming into squares appeared very pleasing to this guy’s eyes. I especially loved the
gold zippers placed along the pleating of black kilts and along the buttoned
edge of cardigans. To complete the look, black bird feathers were wrapped in
the hair of models reminded me of something out of an Edgar Allen Poe poem.
Dark and romantic just like the history of McQueen now long gone. But perhaps
it’s not gone; nor did it ever leave. Perhaps it’s just a continuation of
Alexander McQueen’s infamous menswear collections. I like that idea. The beauty
of McQueen never left, its still there, maybe not in person, but in spirit.
