Alexander McQueen Layered Illustration by Danny Roberts

I do constantly look for inspiration, to keep my imagination alive.
I follow lots of blogs, I start reading one, and it leads me up to another, then another, and the journey continues. I walk miles.

One of my newest favourites is the blog of California-based artist/thinker, Danny Roberts. His site features his artworks, sketches, paintings, illustrations, videos... an alternative world of his mind, a rare utopia of beauty.
--- Danny's blog is entitled "Igor + André", and is available through this link.

"The video I made by mapping camera movements of still pictures, I took of my McQueen Display. Basically, I love all of Alexander McQueen's Collections because they're straight out of a storybook. So with that said, I decided to create a world for McQueen's People. This Layered Display is what I came up with. I call it The Under Ground Forest." ~ Danny Roberts

Regards, Miska

Alexander McQueen Fall 2009

Was I asking for inspiration? Something which is thought-provoking? It seems, I got it.

When I saw the first pics about the set-design, and the make up, I felt really confused. I thought McQueen might had some apocalyptic visions, or found his Mad Max VHS in the vault. But then the runway photos started to come, and I realized, I was thinking in a completely wrong direction.

Recycling. This was the main inspiration of the collection. Not recycled trash or tacky ideas (okay, there were some interesting tyres and umbrellas used as hats), but reconsideration of McQueen's creative legacy until now. The show presented a reloaded "best of" from his earlier seasons. It was retrospective, but he developed his creations to the top level of aesthetics.

I have to admit, I dislike the whole make up, and the whole theatrical atmosphere, and these clothes are not really fit my personal taste, but they are truly, unlimitedly beautiful! Like the famous renaissance paintings, sometimes I don't know much about the meaning of them, sometimes I don't even like them, but I think they are beautiful. I feel something like that about McQueen's desgins. They are constructed, architectural, complex, but simply just haute couture!

photos: catwalking.com

I won't start to analyize the looks, because my words wouldn't describe the real values of this collection. I think, the fall season of '09 might be a milestone, perhaps a turning-point in McQueen's career. Whatever, it was the right time to summarize.

And I'm sure, Alexander McQueen's going to walk so many more miles in the upcoming seasons...

Regards, Miska