Bjork Wore a Lot of Alexander McQueen, Pays Tribute
I visit Bjork's website every now and then, she's had a great online presence for many years, was innovating in binary before other artists, and now a blog takes centre stage (naturally) with all the other bits off to the side, in pretty much the same look and format as when she started. (But I find it laughable or infuriating, depending on my mood, that HER videos listed in her video gallery are blocked from broadcast as they originated from YouTube because it 'contains content from WMG who has blocked it on copyright grounds'. That's Warner Music Group. But the publisher is credited as Universal so I don't know what WMG has to do with it but I really hate it when the record companies block videos or disable embedding. Insert whatever swears you think are nastiest *here*. I go to her videos for inspiration (Bachelorette is the best), daydreaming, and to sing at the top of my lungs along with her if no one is home. So I wasn't best pleased when I discovered I could no longer see the videos I was watching for years. HOWEVER, there is a download button that will play an M4V of the videos in iTunes and the picture is huge and much more effective anyway. Sorry, but I had to rant.)
Getting back on track...Last month she paid tribute to her long-time friend and collaborator, Lee Alexander McQueen. In her very Bjork-like tribute, she said she was 'grateful' to have the chance to work with him and his team and that it was 'vital' to her development. No doubt. You can read it all here.
I recently contributed some thoughts on McQueen's passing and his career to a collaborative article by Alexis J. at iamonlinemag.com, and the day after he died I wrote a piece for Models and Moguls which you can read here. It still stings and I think it will for a long time.
Here are some of the stunningly beautiful dresses worn by Bjork throughout her career which are undeniably quintessential McQueen:
























Great to see these pix. Thanks for sharing!
Posted by: WendyB | March 05, 2010 at 04:08 AM
A meeting of two talented rebels...love the last dress!
Posted by: Chic 'n Cheap Living | March 05, 2010 at 07:49 AM
ah, thanks for putting bachelorette in my head! such a wonderful song.
Posted by: Tammy | March 05, 2010 at 07:39 PM
Ah I got to know McQueen through Bjork, I was a massive fan of hers and when Homogenic came out the cover just blew me away (till this date it's my fave record cover ever), I just had to know who that insane stylist was...and so another "love affair" began for me...it was a great pairing of creative minds
Posted by: Wicked Halo | March 07, 2010 at 06:02 PM