Alexander McQueen’s latest collection pays tribute to the rarely celebrated London skies ⛈
“I am interested in immersing myself in the environment in which we live and work, in London, and in the elements as we experience them each day,” said Sarah Burton of her Spring/Summer 2022collection. “We moved from water – and the mud on the banks of the Thames – to the sky and the ever-changing, all-encompassing magnificence that represents,” she continued, referencing the film the house created in collaboration with director Jonathan Glazer for Spring/Summer 2021.
This new collection, which was revealed yesterday, outside of the regular fashion week schedule, was inspired by the sky and presented in it, too. The British fashion house’s first home show in five years, the collection was debuted in a bubble-like, Smiljan Radic-designed structure erected on roof of the Tobacco Docks Yellow Park in Wapping, east London – not far from its studio.
“The artwork for the prints in this collection was shot from the rooftops of the studio where we are lucky enough to have the most incredible views of the city: from Saint Paul’s Cathedral to the London Eye,” said Burton, shedding some light on how the collection came together. “We watched the weather and captured the formation and colouration of clouds from daybreak to nightfall and documented changing patterns, from clear blue skies to more turbulent ones.
“I love the idea of the McQueen woman being a storm chaser, of the qualities of storm chasing uniting the passionately individual community of characters wearing the clothes,” Burton explained. “They inhabit the same universe and the clothes are inspired by and made for them. Storm chasing is not only about the beauty of the views but also a sense of mystery and excitement – about embracing the fact that we can’t ever be sure of what might happen next.
Bending to its superior power are ideas that feel particularly prescient to now, as we emerge from a pandemic and reconsider how we live and work in relation to the planet. Hopefully we can do as Burton heeds, and pursue oneness with the world.
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