The exhibition

The exhibition Alexander McQueen: Mind Mythos Muse is currently showing at the National Gallery of Victoria (NGV).

This exhibition explores the the fashion, design ethos and inspirations of the late fashion designer Alexander McQueen.

Unlike the previous McQueen exhibition at the NGV, which distanced the viewer from the fashion, this exhibition invites you to get up close and personal with it.

The exhibition delightfully shares McQueen’s inspirations—painting, sculpture, and literature—his muses.

The exhibition opens with pieces that credit the current creative director of the label Alexander McQueen, Sarah Burton.

These looks are flashy and dramatic.

The looks from the Autumn Winter 2010-11 Angels and Demons Collection possess a certain poignancy because Angels and Demons was Alexander McQueen’s last show.

What follows is a joyful exploration of his designs.

Grecian style dresses and footwear share a room with Greek statutory, representing that clothing style.

You can not miss Alexander McQueen’s signature tailoring.

A stand-out piece is a frock coat that was styled on the runway (and in the exhibition) with a sailing boat hat.

Tartan is ever present.

A favourite tartan jacket from 1995, oh so sharply tailored, features a curved and open centre front while its rear peplum speaks of fun not countenanced by the front.

It is cllear how this jacket was originally styled to wear with McQueen’s famous bumster pant.

Throughout the exhibition headpieces, hats and footwear add depth and interest.

Meanwhile, the classic eveningwear artfully showcases the versatility and skill of Alexander McQueen as a designer

The show closes with the exotic and strangely hopeful pieces from the 2009 Before Plato’s Atlantis Collection, which includes the iconic bejewelled Armadillo shoes in blue and green.

This show will delight your senses and mind.

The curator beautifully juxtaposes the muse element to contextualise the fashion.

Its elegiac sensibility is welcome as a tribute to the lost fashion brilliance that was Alexander McQueen.

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