McQueen Kimono Top Pattern

from Alexander McQueen Fall/Winter 2003 "Scanners"


In this instance, the most barren of sets – an ice and rubble-strewn wasteland as seen from above – only serves to emphasise the opulence and strength of the clothes. These mix tradition with modernity - from fourteenth and fifteenth century samurai armour to Manga cartoons – as McQueen’s displaced travellers journey from Siberia over the Russian tundra, through Tibet before finally reaching the land of the rising sun. If the backdrop serves as a reflection of the instability of our times, the clothes are the ultimate modern-day armour. Over-sized hooded fur-trimmed jackets belted tightly at the waist and worn with voluminous skirts, an A-line metal slatted skirt teamed with 1950s cut wool jacket and black bandage dresses finished with gleaming gold zips. High above the audience a model walks through a wind-tunnel in a white embroidered kimono with a huge, billowing train.


Watch the video: here.





Pattern available for free on SHOWstudio:
http://showstudio.com/project/design_download_alexander_mcqueen



Another person's completed design:
http://www.burdastyle.com/projects/alexander-mcqueens-kimono-blouse?image=24659

 

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Unexpected. Whimsy. Updated Classic. Animal Friendly. 
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