PFW SS16: Alexander McQueen

Creative Director Sarah Burton looked to Alexander McQueen’s lineage for inspiration for the label’s S/S’16 collection—the Huguenots (French Protestant refugees) were 17th-century silk weavers that settled at Spitalfields in London, pioneering the luxury silk industry in England. As such, silk was transformed brilliantly—the final look was a vision in tumbling shredded silk in blush pink, as were a few jacquard and lace paneled, feathered silk gowns that were ethereal in form. 

From charming structured collars to cascading silk ruffles, each piece was crafted with fluidity in mind while highlighting the beauty and sensuality of the female form, with black and white netted slip overlays and cold-shoulder frills. Despite the period romanticism, there were modern nuances as well, evident with thick chain-like body jewellery across tailored jackets and pants, along with intricately floral embroidered denim. It was dramatic yet demure, with a dose of glamour and heightened by impeccable couture-like techniques and unparallel expertise.

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