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chaosandbooks's review against another edition
5.0
I really liked the inside look into Alexander McQueen's work since I'm a fan. This is a great coffee table read although I wish it would have featured more of his well-known works.
rhidee's review against another edition
5.0
Gorgeous book, the photographs are so beautiful. The quotes and features are so insightful and really bring home a whole picture of what McQueen was like. I'm so glad I got this, it's a fantastic coffee table book and something that will doubtless fascinate any guest with the holographic cover.
maribeaux's review against another edition
5.0
Nothing I have to say will do justice to this book and Lee's career as an artist. I can state though that even though I find it impossible that there might be some people that don't know about McQueen, this is a good starting point to get to know him and his work.
marcojames's review against another edition
5.0
"I find beauty in the grotesque, like most artists.
I have to force people to look at things."
I have to force people to look at things."
hsinjulit's review against another edition
4.0
My collections have always been autobiographical, […].This book is incredibly stunning. Amazed by how intuitively precise McQueen was with his work, I find the stills in this book even more breath-taking. It was a similar awing experience to glimpse one of his designs in the Metropolitan Museum of Art, Fifth Avenue, several days ago.
I want to empower women. I want people to be afraid of the women I dress.His designs were all about the curves and angles of the fabric on a woman’s body, front frills and flaps, and everything he did was multi-dimensional: vividly 3D with deep stories and intense feelings lurking. In Highland Rape (1995), the story was about England’s rape of Scotland, which was controversial and somewhat disturbing to look at. His works were satirical, purely terrifying and beautiful. They gave me chills and radiated intimidating aura throughout different collections. Also, I suspect more loudness in his collections when he approached the end of his life.
We’re not talking about models’ personal feelings here, we’re talking about mine. It’s all about the way I’m feeling about my life.McQueen was a man of absolute certainty in both fashion and way of life. To him, there were no grey areas, so his sense of beauty and ideology were exactly that.
cokjahn's review against another edition
5.0
One of my best purchases of the year. Perfect example of design as art. Everyone that sees the cover stops to look.
dawnoftheread's review against another edition
5.0
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