Alexander McQueen

About Alexander McQueen

Alexander McQueen launched its first menswear collection in Spring/Summer 2005 and continues to show its collections during Milan Fashion Week. The company launched its first women's pre-Spring collection on the runway with its men's collection on 22 June 2008 and has since continued releasing cruise collections since Spring 2010. The Alexander McQueen brand was founded by designer Alexander McQueen in 1992.[3] The house's early collections developed its reputation for controversy and shock tactics (earning the title "L'enfant terrible" and "the hooligan of English fashion, with trousers aptly named "bumsters" and a collection entitled Highland Rape. Alexander McQueen staged lavish and unconventional runway shows, such as a recreation of a shipwreck for his Spring 2003 collection, Spring 2005's human chess game, and the Fall 2006 show, Widows of Culloden, which featured a life-sized hologram of supermodel Kate Moss dressed in yards of rippling fabric In total, McQueen designed 36 collections for his London label, including his MA graduate collection.