Alexander McQueen | Womenswear Spring/Summer 2019

INSPIRATION The journey of women and the journey of a woman. Rites of passage, milestones: birth, sisterhood, betrothal, marriage, mourning. A shredded silk paper taffeta wedding dress, a delicate white embroidered christening gown, dark Ophelia silks, kept in a trousseau, folded with pressed flowers. Heirlooms and keepsakes connect the threads between generations. Hidden treasures, pilgrim souvenirs. Clothing embedded with memories and meaning. Goddess – from warrior queen to the feminine divine – surv