With the spliced central line’s shadowing and layered, labia-like purple and pink frills wrapping round a small, cut-out opening, there is not any denying the vulva visible that these unimaginable attire conjure up.
2. “OPEN HEART” CORSETS
As soon as we acquired over the jaw-dropping awe that comes solely from witnessing Naomi Campbell do what she does greatest, we (one way or the other) dragged our focus from *these* cheekbones to her look.
Described by the model as ‘an open coronary heart corset with a sculpted hip in silver silk tulle with all-over glass bugle bead embroidery and a looped bugle bead skirt’, we could not assist however discover the recurrence of this open-hearted corset silhouette throughout quite a few the gathering’s different key items, moulding over the fashions’ breasts like armour.
3. BLOOD RED SYMBOLISM
A key image for the home has lengthy been flowers, however for her remaining assortment for the home Sarah re-interpreted her blood purple roses by way of a extra literal visible; with many floral prints showing as if they had been contemporary blood stains.
This rawness was carried all through the gathering, with blood purple a recurring theme. A very visceral iteration got here by way of a nude robe with woven purple embroidery depicting the innards of the feminine anatomy, as trailing purple threads fell from the piece showing as if they had been drips of blood.
4. ANATOMICAL CUT-OUTS
Proving that she will be able to adapt her female inspiration for harder designs, Sarah’s exploration of anatomy continued all through her sharp tailoring and chunky knitwear.
Mapping out the bones and organs of the human physique by way of cut-outs and cleverly-looped stitching, this tackle the gathering’s key theme was a subtler – however no much less impactful – feminist assertion. Depicting the duality of womanhood, this growth of Sarah’s anatomical dissection celebrates a much less delicate aspect of femininity that mustn’t be neglected.
Because the announcement of Sarah’s successor was unveiled yesterday to be Seán McGirr, beforehand Head of Prepared-to-Put on at JW Anderson – and Girls’s Designer for Dries Van Noten earlier than that – solely time will inform how Alexander McQueen may look beneath a brand new imaginative and prescient.
If there’s one factor we do know, it is that he has some extremely huge (white Nike) sneakers to fill.
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