McQueen's Hard Knit Life

According to WWD, the day before his Paris show Alexander McQueen said in response to the current economic crisis, "I have to be who I am. This is hard. It’s old McQueen, aggressive McQueen."

And so it was.

Dark and dramatic and disturbing as ever, the treatment was applied to a few knit pieces which included accessories in the form of thick, tightly knitted coils worn as Medusa-like head and neckpieces. The looks in black are really quite beautiful in their shape and texture, while the shocking orange and black stripes-in-all-directions hooded dress and tights, I think, is meant to make your eyeballs reverse in their sockets. (Sorry, that was really gross. But likely not far off the mark.)

Photos: Marcio Madeira