Images of Alexander McQueen fall 2022 courtesy of dailyfrontrow.com
A lot of fashion pundits thought after Alexander McQueen passed away, his brand would go out of existence. Not so!! Since McQueen’s death, the brand has continued.
Sara Burton is the current creative director of Alexander McQueen and under her helm the brand has returned to showing collections in New York City. ”New York is exciting, creative, not speedy, but it is a fast city. I wanted to have a pace, energy, and precision to the tailoring and the coloring so to have a vibrancy and sense of character on purpose with a huge personality,” said Burton, according to fashionnetwork.com, after the brand recently presented in New York City on March15.
“New York and America is such a big part of McQueen and has been incredibly supportive to us. We showed Dante here (1996), Eye (1999), and Savage Beauty (2011). It’s part of our creative community; I’ve always loved people from New York, so it’s great to come here and honor that.”
At the Brooklyn Navy Yard, Burton presented the fall 2022 collection against a backdrop of tree mulch piled 15 feet high. The piled high mulch represented the brands connection to the community seen through the lens of an Alexander McQueen aesthetic; the same way trees are connected to community. “These dresses are individual characters; in the way we have characters in the McQueen family, it felt like they could exist in New York or any city really,” explained Burton.
Burton looked to the downtown New York City woman of the 1980s for inspiration for this fall 2022 collection. There were variations on leather envisioned as strapless jumpsuits and peplum-like jackets combined with full-skirt silk faille dresses. (Think Madonna and Cyndi Lauper of the early 1980s.)
“The color palette came from looking at a photo of mycelium mushrooms—which are very topical at the moment obviously—but what I really love is how trees talk to each and heal as a creative community and work together. But [mushrooms] are toxic at the same time,” she continued, adding the colors were found in nature.
The fall 2022 after party was held at the Boom Boom Room at the Standard Hotel in the Meatpacking District. Many attendees were garbed in bustier slash full skirt dresses that the brand is known for.
Image courtesy of purepeople.com
The Met Gala Goes Back to May
For 2022, the Met Gala returns to its original date in New York City, May 2, after having to change dates due to the COVID-19 pandemic. The Met Gala benefits the Metropolitan Museum’s Costume Institute.
Blake Lively and Ryan Reynolds will co-host the event along with Regina King and Lin-Manuel Miranda. Tom Ford, Instagram’s Adam Mosseri, and Anna Wintour will also continue their roles as honorary co-chairs for the event.
The 2022 theme will be a continuation of last year’s theme, In America: An Anthology of Fashion. The 2022 exhibit will feature some 100 examples of men’s and women’s dress from the 19th and 20th century in a bid to tell the unfinished stories of American fashion and the talent ‘behind the seams.’
The 2022 exhibit will be housed at the Metropolitan Museum’s American Wing period rooms. This placement allows the viewer to see how American fashion evolved culturally and socially against an American domestic life backdrop.
Filippo Grazioli Image courtesy of vogue.com
Missoni Reinvigorated
Missoni has reorganized. And with this in-depth reorganization, there is a new creative director, Filippo Grazioli. Grazoli replaces Angela Missoni, who has moved on to creative direct the home decoration line. Grazoli will helm the menswear and women’s wear lines, as well as the lifestyle brand. His first collection will be the spring 2023 collection which will debut in Milan.
“In agreement with the [Missoni] family and FSI, we have appointed Filippo Grazioli as Missoni’s new creative director for the men’s and women’s collections. A young designer who nevertheless has an 18-year experience working with prestigious fashion labels, Grazioli has joined our team to sublimate Missoni’s identity on the luxury market and further strengthen the [modernization] process we have engaged in,” said CEO Livio Proli in a press release.
“I’m [honored] to be joining the world of Missoni, a label that has left its mark in the history of Italian style, maintaining a remarkable integrity over the course of nearly seven decades,” said Grazioli. “I am grateful for the opportunity I have been given, and the possibility to shape my experience further in a new vision that maintains the joyfulness, freshness, sense of [color], and positivity that are the core qualities of Missoni,” adds Grazioli.
Since 2020, the Missoni brand has been managed by former Armani CEO Livio Proli. Under Proli the brand invested in and increased its digital presence in China. Missoni, under Proli, closed it more youthful line, M Missoni, and took back control of Missoni Home which was previously licensed. In 20201 Missoni experienced double-digit growth with revenue of 105 million euros.
—William S. Gooch
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