ALEXANDER MCQUEEN EXHIBIT
Savage Beauty

This summer I had the opportunity to see the Alexander McQueen Exhibit at the Metropolitan Museum of Art in New York City. When I approached the outside 3 hour line of people outside the museum entrance I almost turned around and left. However, it only had a few days left there and I was determined to see what all the buzz was about! Happily once I was in the museum, and purchased an annual membership which allowed me immediate entree for both myself and a guest, there were no regrets. Brilliant, perverse, amazingly complicated with an undertone of pervertedness and vulnerability, this exhibit was every bit of a still-life theatrical performance. It was intensely extreme with its juxtaposed designs from the dried flower victorian-inspired dress to the futuristic showstopping mini incorporating thousands of eagle feathers hand-placed in a pattern almost looking like the wing of a giant bird itself to the sadistic gold-overlayed spine harness you could invision used in Silence of the Lambs. An hour and one-half of beautifully horrifying stimulus appealing to both sight and sound left me feeling paranoid, affraid and satisfied. I left the Met feeling that I not only got to know McQueen the artist/designer but also the dark, eccentric, man underneath the fabric.
(Heidi Slacum)

Savage Beauty is an amazing exhibit in tribute to the late Alexander McQueen. On my recent visit to New York I made a stop at The Metropolitan Museum of Art, where the exhibit was held, and ended up waiting in line for two and a half hours. Once inside the exhibit, the wait became worth it. The atmosphere was provocative and the clothing was out of this world. The exhibit goes to show that fashion really is a form of art. His craftsmanship and tailoring were exquisite and one can truly gain respect for such an amazing designer. As a student studying fashion merchandising, I find myself so fortunate to be in the presence of such amazing clothing. Unfortunately, the exhibit only runs until mid August but hopefully it will return because of its popularity.
(Mary Doyle, FRESH! Intern)