Today's post is about the Alexander McQueen: Savage Beauty exhibition that is currently on at the V&A.
The exhibition has been on since early March and I've been meaning to go for a while, but I was only able to go now. I had a ticket for the 3:30 time slot, but I do wish that I booked an earlier time due to how busy it was.
The exhibition encompasses a good number of rooms of the museum (I'm not sure exactly how many), and it took me about an hour and a half to look at everything on display. The work that is being displayed spans pretty much his entire career, starting with his graduate collection leading up to 'Plato's Atlantis' from the S/S 2010 season which was his 'last fully realised collection' before his death.
In each room, there are quotes written on the walls and text explaining McQueen's intentions with each collection, process and the sources of his ideas and inspiration. I made sure I read everything as I thought it was a great thing to be able to ponder at things from his perspective, and be able to understand his thoughts just a little bit more.
Along with being able to understand, just being able to look and admire his designs in such close proximity was an incredible experience for me. One of my favourite rooms was one where outfits from his 'Widows of Culloden' and 'The Girl Who Lived in the Tree' collections were being displayed. Another part of the exhibition which really caught my eye was the 'Romantic Naturalism' area which displayed outfits from the 'It's Only a Game', 'Sarabande', 'Voss' and 'Irere' collections. I am really drawn to nature, flowers especially, so this part of the exhibition left a strong impression on me.
One of the real highlights of the exhibition was the room where they recreated the Pepper's ghost illusion that had been used in the 'Widows of Culloden' show featuring Kate Moss back in 2006. It was such a beautiful sight to see and I feel sort of sad that I wasn't able to capture it in a photograph/video for my own memory, but I feel like I was able to appreciate it and the exhibition more due to that restriction.
If you haven't gone seen this exhibition yet, I really do recommend that you go as it's not often that you'll be able to experience McQueen's designs in this way. Tickets are £16 full price which is quite expensive but are definitely worth it due to the scale of the exhibition. Discounts can be obtained for example if you have an ArtFund membership (I was able to get my ticket online for just over £5) so just ask when purchasing tickets at the V&A as advance tickets online are now sold out.
Until my next post,
Chelli
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