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Angels And Demons (Alexander McQueen Collection)
''Angels and Demons'' (Autumn/Winter 2010) is the thirty-sixth and final collection made by British fashion designer Alexander McQueen for his eponymous Alexander McQueen (brand), fashion house. Aesthetically, the collection drew on religious paintings of the afterlife from the Medieval art, Medieval and Renaissance art, Renaissance periods, as well as the Byzantine dress, imperial dress and Byzantine art, art of the Byzantine Empire. It incorporated traditional tailoring and dressmaking techniques that McQueen had learned early in his career while also featuring the sophisticated digitally-engineered prints that McQueen had been experimenting with in the past few seasons. McQueen committed suicide before the collection was complete; his close collaborator Sarah Burton completed the sixteen outfits that had been in progress at the time of his death. The unofficial title is taken from a Twitter post McQueen made shortly before his death. In lieu of a full-scale runway show, the ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
A Dress By Alexander McQueen, Savage Beauty At V&A
A, or a, is the first Letter (alphabet), letter and the first vowel letter of the Latin alphabet, used in the modern English alphabet, and others worldwide. Its name in English is ''English alphabet#Letter names, a'' (pronounced ), plural ''aes''. It is similar in shape to the Ancient Greek letter alpha, from which it derives. The uppercase version consists of the two slanting sides of a triangle, crossed in the middle by a horizontal bar. The lowercase version is often written in one of two forms: the double-storey and single-storey . The latter is commonly used in handwriting and fonts based on it, especially fonts intended to be read by children, and is also found in italic type. In English, ''English articles, a'' is the indefinite article, with the alternative form ''an''. Name In English, the name of the letter is the ''long A'' sound, pronounced . Its name in most other languages matches the letter's pronunciation in open syllables. History The earliest know ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
