A while ago, I wrote on a post, that one of the things I will try to do more of was visit galleries and exhibitions. Last Thursday the opportunity arose to go to the Alexander McQueen: Savage Beauty exhibition, and of course who would say no?! We jumped on the train to London nice and early so we had plenty of time to get there in time for our 12.45 entrance (Nottingham to London is further than you think!). We arrived slightly early, so we sat in the foyer of the V&A, admired the beautiful decor and impatiently waited for our time. As it was coming up to 12.45, we rushed to the entrance, and waited in the queue. Then it was our turn. AHHH!!!
We walked through the entrance and suddenly there was an absence of light and in front of us was a huge portrait of McQueen, done by his brother, Lee McQueen. As we continued through we set foot in the first room, which stood a variety of garments taken from McQueen's first collections. It was extremely weird and surreal seeing these garments in the flesh, especially when they're older than you!
"I'm a romantic schizophrenic"
After the first room, we were greeted by a quote stating "I'm a romantic schizophrenic", this is something which became a reoccuring subject matter through the rest of the collections we were about to see. We went on to see garments from A Romantic Mind, A Gothic mind (one of my favourites), Romantic Primitivism, Romantic Naturalism, Cabinet of Curiosities, Romantic Exoticism, Voss, Romantic Naturalism and his last collection Plato's Atlantis. There was one room which was complete madness, Cabinet of Curiosities. In here lay a centre piece of the the dress from SS99 that was sprayed with paint from industrial paint guns, which was surrounded by a huge range of McQueen's work including his peculiar headwear and footwear.
This is something you have to see in the flesh, its such a surreal experience and I fully appreciate this man's talent and what he brought to the industry!
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