Alexander McQueen – designer turned enviromentalist
Posted by v on October 4, 2008
Alexander McQueen - Paris Fashion Week. Photo: Reuters
First Karl Lagerfeld poses with his Teddy Bear – Chanel, no less. (Though we don’t quite think Mr.Lagerfeld was going for a “Save the Earth” concept.) Then Alexander McQueen displayed a parade of stuffed wild animals, hired from a Parisian taxidermist, were there to bring to life McQueen’s latest obsession: Charles Darwin, the survival of the fittest and how the evolution of the species has become warped and twisted through man’s power and greed. “Every species is fragile but animals are the underdogs while we are actually bringing about our own extinction – and theirs.”
Okay, just so we are not confused, this designer uses leather, crocodile skin and fur, Right? Yeah, sure, McQueen, an environmentalist? Who woulda thunk it? No matter what new passion or hobby he decides to adopt, his clothes as usual were breathtaking.
Alexander McQueen - Paris Fashion Week /Spring 09
Remember, last spring when we the designers were all doing their Eco stuff, when “Eco” was the new black and everyone jumped on the bandwagon? You just knew it would not last. We have not heard too much of a peep from them about saving the environment since then. The planet must have fixed itself.
Alexander McQueen - Paris Fashion Week /Spring 09
Alexander McQueen - Paris Fashion Week /Spring 09
Alexander McQueen - Paris Fashion Week /Spring 09
