Alexander McQueen’s Gothic Mens Looks

Admin — Wed, 14 Oct 2009 20:15:20 +0000

McQueen is known for his shock and awe shows and is the youngest designers to achieve the title "British Designer of the Year", which he won four times between 1996 and 2003. McQueen is hardly to be called a failure for dropping out of school at age 16 to pursue a career in fashion design, learning tailoring and pattern making first hand. In 2004, he designed his first menswear collection and was named British Menswear Designer of the Year by the British Fashion Council. McQueen's collections often borrow from previous centuries while adding new tailoring, with a cutting edge style. He has a faithful celebrity following such as David Bowie and Prodigy's Keith Flint. His fall 2005 & Fall 2009 collections have Gothic undertones that are worth studying. (Read More.....)

Punk Designer Vivienne Westwood

Admin — Wed, 14 Oct 2009 17:49:27 +0000

Westwood is known to be one of Britain’s most influential designers, whom revolutionized the punk fashion culture- which as never gone out of fashion. Her outrageous spiked dog collars and outrageous make-up and hair has increased the popularity of gothic and punk styles. Westwood has been been known for her outrageous looks which have always centered around the inspiration of pirates, tartans, courtesans, victoriana, and bondage. She is continually adding a new shocking elements to her punk looks with the use of pattern and color, but still applies the use of 17th and 18th century cloth cutting principles giving her the advantage as she interprets old styles into new shocking collections. Westwood has a number of collections such as her main women’s ready-to-wear line; her Red Label; and her means wear line called Anglomania. (Read More.....)

Gothic Clothing » Designer

Alexander McQueen’s Gothic Mens Looks

Punk Designer Vivienne Westwood