British fashion label Alexander McQueen has invited 12 artists to express their own individual working practices to highlight the brand’s pre-autumn/winter 2022 women’s collection. The project entitled ‘Process’ is being documented in a 160-page zine, which tells each artist’s personal story and journey about how they engaged with Sarah Burton’s...
Jun 7, 2022
British luxury house Alexander McQueen has appointed Italian national Gianfilippo Testa as its new chief executive officer, effective May, 2022. Testa will report to François-Henri Pinault, CEO of Kering, the owner of the McQueen brand. The luxury veteran will succeed Emmanual Gintzburger, who is leaving the group to pursue opportunities outside...
Mar 21, 2022
Alexander McQueen went from the roof of a car park in London to a warehouse in Brooklyn, New York for its latest catwalk to present its autumn/winter 2022 collection inspired by mushrooms and the natural world. “I am so happy to be back in New York, a city that has always been close to our hearts,” said Sarah Burton, creative director at...
Mar 16, 2022
Alexander McQueen is heading to New York to present its womenswear autumn/winter 2022 collection in March. The British brand is continuing to break from the traditional fashion schedule by opting to showcase its AW22 collection off-schedule after the main autumn collections have been presented at the four major fashion weeks on March 15. No...
Feb 10, 2022
Alexander McQueen has unveiled that in 2020 it undertook a creative educational youth programme in Wales to open up fashion to a new generation, as part of the label’s ongoing commitment to fashion education. Sarah Burton, creative director at Alexander McQueen has launched a number of fashion education initiatives over the years, including...
Dec 13, 2021
British fashion house Alexander McQueen is supporting A Team Arts Education, a community organisation based in Tower Hamlets in London’s East End, where the brand’s founder Lee McQueen grew up. Over the coming year, Alexander McQueen stated that it will support the community arts organisation financially and extend the educational outreach...
Nov 11, 2021
Alexander McQueen returned home, to London, with a magnificent spring/summer 2022 catwalk show in the clouds, inside its very own fashion bubble, with views across the capital from the top of a car park. The British fashion house, part of the Kering family, usually shows during Paris Fashion Week, but since the pandemic, it has instead chosen to...
Oct 13, 2021
Alexander McQueen’s creative director Sarah Burton will present her womenswear spring/summer 2022 collection in London this October. While the Kering-owned brand is based in London, it has previously showcased its new collections during Paris Fashion Week. However, since the pandemic, Alexander McQueen has stepped away from the traditional...
Sept 13, 2021
Alexander McQueen’s latest advertising campaign doesn’t feature supermodels styled in super-polished looks. Instead, a guerrilla marketing approach sees a graffiti campaign emulating a spray-painted logo on concrete buildings, busses, the underground and on pavements across major fashion capitals London, Paris, New York and Milan. The graffiti...
Jul 15, 2021
Robert Fairer is a fashion photographer known for capturing the drama backstage at John Galliano’s shows for Christian Dior, and at Marc Jacobs, which he collected in the technicolor tomes, John Galliano Unseen and Marc Jacobs Unseen. A recent addition to the series, is Alexander McQueen Unseen, featuring previously unpublished photos. John...
May 21, 2021
In an interview with FashionUnited, Sandrine Zerbib, founder of Shanghai-based and China-focused brand management and digital agency Full Jet, talks about how even if the Chinese market was already vital for British or more generally European luxury and premium brands prior to the covid-19 crisis, it has gained even more prevalence. China is...
Mar 26, 2021
British fashion house Alexander McQueen has donated surplus fabric stock for the second time to students as part of its commitment to young creatives studying fashion and textiles throughout the UK. Creative director Sarah Burton introduced the donation scheme in 2019, in a bid to underpin creative education by redistributing surplus materials,...
Mar 18, 2021
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