Burton is a genius, too

 

Sarah Burton truly deserves to be the scion of Lee's label, Alexander Mcqueen. We don't find faces of regret with Burton at hand. Alexander Mcqueen 2012 Spring collection was inspired by goddesses Gaia, couturier  Madam Grès and architect A. Gaudi.


There opened chambers of consciousness from the impaled intricacy of the clothes; the jacquards in barnacle patterns, silk chiffons, pleated organza's, bat-like appliques in nude dresses. These were all reduced to one identity. Burton's pragmatic tendency delves in the sheer survival of the mood which sparked the collection. The color palette shaped the human interest of the audience into the nature of the label. The models walked the runway seemingly primordial beings on Earth.

It can be no accident, that Burton used lighter tones that Mcqueen have ignored in one way or another. Burton, like Mcqueen, is a genius. Her marginality establishes conceptual truths. We fall into a chasm of mirrored pool of realism where we cannot escape, even if we wanted to. That's how powerful Burton's poetic and strong collection is defined by the discernment of the impossible.

 

 

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Theatrical, decadent, grotesque, jaw-breaking, poetic and always innovative- these words always come out from spectator's mouth in Mcqueen's astonishing realm. He is the master of provocation and a designer unapologetic to the brilliance he would want to capture. No one can question Mcqueen's keen predilection in his works. Burton, his scion, can attest to that and even ordinary spectators can prove that he's a true genius. Not only Mcqueen was a designer, but also he was an artist. While selling clothes in a blink of an eye, he makes us feel emotions in his works- something rare in most catwalks today. 

Lee might be a gnarled thorny bush or tree that is fed on by harpies now, but his works still lives today. He might have perished but still most fashion dreamers breath through him; copying and taking inspirations, you name it.

His works are for more than beautiful. His concepts flow in the vast theatrical river wherein he pour all his emotions down the runway. May it be fear or angst, no one is to blame him for his ingenuity. He's not guilty of misogny. He makes clothes not to flatter a woman's figure. Mcqueen makes clothes for the fearless, for those ready to flaunt his works in the fish market.  Mcqueen, the world is at your feet. 

“I design clothes because I don’t want women to look all innocent and naïve, because I know what can happen to them. I want women to look stronger.”

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