Dress
Brand
Alexander McQueen
(English, founded 1992)
Designer
Alexander McQueen
(1969 - 2010)
Fall/Winter 2009
Silk jacquard
Museum purchase
Object number2016.63.1
The elaborate feather pattern of this dress envelops the wearer in the primary component of avian beauty. In turn, the sculptural bustle and train suggest the tail of an exotic bird. “I am inspired by a feather’s shape, but also its color, its graphics, its weightlessness, and its engineering,” McQueen said. “I try to transpose the beauty of a bird to women.”
DescriptionDress, short sleeved, full length evening dress with back bustle and train, in heavy weight red and black feather patterned silk jacquardCollections
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