On the second full day in NYC, my family and I got up early to see the Alexander McQueen exhibit, Savage Beauty, at the Metropolitan Museum of Art. Thankfully we did because the queue seemed to grow exponentially! Personally, it was the best exhibit I’ve ever seen. The combination of Hendel’s “Sarabande” and the haute couture outfits on display was incredible. It’s difficult to describe the dresses completely made out of feathers or shells, or the hats made out of hand sculpted butterflies… Well if you have ever seen any photos from his previous runway shows, you will know what I mean! I think McQueen, himself, summarized the exhibit perfectly: “There is no way back for me now. I am going to take you on journeys you’ve never dreamed were possible.”
The following pictures are borrowed from http://blog.metmuseum.org/alexandermcqueen/ :
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