Alexander McQueen Fall/Winter 2014 Menswear Review

 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.

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