Alexander McQueen Working Process - Photographs By Nick Waplington - Collector's Edition of 100 copies with Original Photograph - SIGNED

ALEXANDER MCQUEEN / NICK WAPLINGTON

ISBN 10: 8862082959 / ISBN 13: 9788862082952

Published by Damiani, 2013

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The book still in protective editor sheet. 304 pages, 200 illustrations. - Alexander McQueen Working Process - Photographs By Nick Waplington - Collector's Edition of 100 copies with Original Photograph - SIGNED Nick Waplington - 56/100 - "Artist and photographer Nick Waplington (born 1970) has published several monographs including Living Room and The Wedding, Safety in Numbers and Truth of Consequence. He lives in London and New York. - "It is not just a book about a season in a fashion house. It is also a personal record of Lee s imagination, his version of himself, and a tribute to the many important and lasting relationships he had with all those who worked alongside him". Excerpt from Nick Waplington text - Lee Alexander McQueen (1969 2010), CBE, was one of the most important fashion designers of the last two decades. He was the recipient of four British Designer of the Year awards, as well as the CFDA s International Designer of the Year award, 2003. In 2011, following his death, the Costume Institute in New York organized an enormously successful retrospective of his work at the Metropolitan Museum of Art." Red linen slipcase, red paper port folio with the photograph, Black M kind of slipcase, all as new comes in the original card board postbox. Rare. Size: 330 x 310 Mm. Seller Inventory # 005611

Bibliographic Details

Title: Alexander McQueen Working Process - ...

Publisher: Damiani

Publication Date: 2013

Binding: Hard Cover Cloth in Slipcase

Condition: As New

Signed: Signed by Author(s)

Edition: 1st Edition.

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Synopsis:

In 2008 Alexander McQueen commissioned photographer Nick Waplington to document the creation of his Fall 2009 collection--all the way from inception to runway showing. Unfortunately, it was to be the last Fall/Winter collection that McQueen would stage before his untimely death. This show, which he titled The Horn of Plenty, found McQueen revisiting his 15-year archive of work and recycling it into a new collection. In effect, it was his personal survey of his work to date. The set was composed of broken mirrors and a giant trash heap made up of all the sets from his previous shows; critics have commented that this reflected McQueen’s feelings towards the fashion system and how it pressures designers to be creative geniuses while relegating each collection to the garbage bin of history as soon as it’s sold. Waplington was given unprecedented access to McQueen and his staff, which included the current Creative Director of the brand, Sarah Burton. Every step of the creative process is documented in fascinating detail and readers receive a rare insight into the inner workings of McQueen’s creative process. Most notably, McQueen himself placed the book’s layout, picture by picture, on storyboards. The book was ready for publication when McQueen died, then was put on hold--until now. This substantial overview, with more than 120 photographs, is published just as McQueen edited it, commemorating the most personal of his collections. It includes an essay by Susannah Frankel, Fashion Editor at Grazia (U.K.).

Lee Alexander McQueen (1969–2010), CBE, was one of the most important fashion designers of the last two decades. He was the recipient of four British Designer of the Year awards, as well as the CFDA’s International Designer of the Year award, 2003. In 2011, following his death, the Costume Institute in New York organized an enormously successful retrospective of his work at the Metropolitan Museum of Art.Artist and photographer Nick Waplington (born 1970) has published several monographs including Living Room and The Wedding (Aperture), Safety in Numbers (Booth Clibborn) and Truth of Consequence (Phaidon). He lives in London and New York.

About the Author:

Nick Waplington is an artist who works with photography, painting and sculpture. His work is held in many major collections around the world including MOMA, New York and the Tate Gallery, London.