Floral explosion at Alexander McQueen’s spring/summer 2018 Paris show
Some fashion collections are made to be grand spectacles, others meant to be appreciated up close, with intricate and painstaking details that please the wearers. Sarah Burton’s vision for Alexander McQueen is both and beyond
Guests were wowed by magnificent scenography as they arrived at Sarah Burton’s spring/summer 2018 show for Alexander McQueen at Orangerie du Sénat at Paris Fashion Week.
Gazebos were decorated with tulle tapestries in which wildflowers, embroidered or rendered in feathers, needed to be observed up close to get a sense of the craftsmanship behind the ambience.
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Burton and her team toured Great Dixter – English gardens known for unconventional plantsmanship and bold experiments in different forms, colours and combinations – in the aim of finding the inspiration for the new collection.
To say the collection was a floral explosion would be an understatement: rosebud silk jacquard panels featured in a deconstructed gabardine trench coat; floral prints clashed with gingham checks in a pleated organza dress; a denim skirt was hemmed with antique floral handkerchief cotton – inspired by Burton’s private collection of vintage handkerchiefs. There were also hand-painted rosebuds trapped in the transparent heels of stomping boots.
