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ALEXANDER McQUEEN A/W 1997 “It’s A Jungle Out There” Asymmetric Button Up Dress

Name: ALEXANDER McQUEEN A/W 1997 “It’s A Jungle Out There” Asymmetric Button Up Dress
Brand: Alexander McQueen
Price: 4294 USD
Availability: InStock

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ALEXANDER McQUEEN A/W 1997 “It’s A Jungle Out There” Asymmetric Button Up Dress Brand / Manufacturer: Alexander McQueen Collection: A/W 1997 “It's A Jungle Out There”- Runway look #15 Designer: Alexander McQueen Style: Asymmetric long sleeve dress Color(s): Black Lined: No Marked Fabric Content: “50% Rayon, 25% modal, 25% cotton” (shell); “100% cotton” (trim) Additional Details / Inclusions: Asymmetric long sleeve black knit dress. Fitted knit dress with diagonally cut back yoke at shoulders. High rise dramatic pointed black cotton collar with small iridescent button hardware at points. Long two-piece fitted sleeves with solid black cotton placket cuff; single button cuff closure with iridescent button hardware. Stylistic dramatically curved side seams for a “twisted” form-fitting look at the waistline and hips. Asymmetrically curved side seam angled hem with slanted raise at left side. Aesthetic slanted front button closure cotton placket with iridescent button hardware; slanted front button placket creating draped look at bust point. Knit has some stretch. Pullover with front closures. Style / Serial Number: Made In: Italy Additional Packaging: No MEASUREMENTS & SIZING: (Flat & Unstretched) Marked Size: Small Bust: 36" Waist: 28" Hip: 25" Length: 41" (flat at longest point) CONDITION: B/BC (see guide). Extremely faint light discoloration at interior neckline; extremely faint discoloration at interior edge of cuffs (not visible when worn, not noticeable except upon very close inspection). One faint spot at back upper left shoulder (not noticeable except upon inspection). One extremely faint dime size spot at lower center front (not noticeable except upon extremely close inspection). Please refer to photos provided. AA - New with Tags / Packaging (may show minimal signs of retail handling / shelf wear) A - New without Tags / Packaging (may show minimal signs of retail handling / shelf wear) AB - Next to New / Excellent Preowned (no significant signs of use / imperfections) B - Very Good Preowned / light signs of use (may have insignificant signs of use / imperfections). BC - Good Preowned / moderate signs of use (may have visible signs of use / imperfections) C – Fair Preowned condition / used (may have significant signs of use / imperfections)

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Wear consistent with age and use.

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Thiensville, WI

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Seller: EI:012815_1/E1stDibs: LU541310325602

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Alexander McQueen

British fashion designer Lee Alexander McQueen, the original creative engine behind the Alexander McQueen label, was beloved for his expert tailoring and theatrical runway shows. After his suicide in 2010, fans left tributes to the man and his talents outside Alexander McQueen boutiques worldwide. Record-breaking crowds visited the posthumous retrospective of the designer’s work at the Metropolitan Museum of Art in New York City and the Victoria and Albert in London.

The inspirations for vintage Alexander McQueen bags, dresses, jackets and other items came from many quarters — film, music, current events, history, his heritage and fashions of the past. The designer's runway presentations were not just displays of clothing but were personal expressions of the zeitgeist, often touching on our cultural anxieties and concerns. McQueen’s own thoughts and feelings about love, death, gender, genocide, colonialism, global warming and the extinction of species all appear in his pieces.

McQueen certainly shook up fashion; he was a born Rottweiler. His upbringing on a council estate in north London played a part, but his family was close and supportive, not dysfunctional. He was proud of his Scottish heritage: He was a defiant fashion warrior. His historical themes and shows — such as “Highland Rape,” 2002, which was inspired by England’s “rape of Scotland,” as McQueen called it — always invoked powerful reactions from his audience of fashion pros.

“What you see in the work is the person himself. And my heart is in my work,” McQueen told Harper’s Bazaar in 2007.

It is perhaps this heart, and the heart’s exposure, that drew the crowds and made McQueen's creations both popular and emotionally resonant. Because the work was personal and thus layered with feeling, the motifs — decorative embellishments and fabric choices — have meaning. In other words, in McQueen’s oeuvre, plaid is more than simply a pattern.

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