Friday, May 28, 2010

The Heat of McQueen's Fire...

...will never be forgot. Here I show my FAVORITE design by McQueen...on one of my favorite famous people (and I think she wears it well). This dress would be nice enough, albeit shockingly bright on the eyes, without the lace cover. BUT The lace REALLY makes it wonderful to me.
It's elegant, fragile, beautiful, intricate...and yet dark, gothic, complicated, and clinging in a way. A great dichotomy of  "Edgy-Beauty".  It seems more real to me when clothing designs are a combination of whimsy and hard. To me it expresses that the clothes, like the people who wear them, are multi-faceted.
The inspiration lies within that combination. It inspires to be one's own true self. That not all things have to be rock n' roll OR roses. That being a strong, confident, beautiful creature is possible, even as a woman.
And it also resonates with my own personal love for design with the simplicity of the structure underneath, and the complexity of the architecturally structured lace.

LOVE IT!


And really, who can wear it so well as Drew?

1 comment:

  1. Looking back at this, I know that there are other McQueen outfits that are far above & beyond this one...but this one is Magic for ME.

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