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- Dante (Alexander McQueen A/W 1996) is the eighth collection launched by the British fashion designer Alexander McQueen. The concept for this collection was mainly inspired by the 14th century Florentine poet, writer and philosopher Dante Alighieri and his famous work Divine Comedy. The show was set in the Christ Church in Spitalfields (East London) on the 1st of March 1996. Some of the garments featured prints of Don McCullin’s photographs took on the Vietnam War (1955-1975) and crucifix masks inspired in the photographer and a continuous referent in McQueen’s work, Joel-Peter Witkin’s self-portraits; the looks for this show also included Philip Treacy headpieces. The show was dedicated to McQueen’s long-time friend and muse, Isabella Blow; it constituted a commentary on religion and war. This show was an important milestone in the British designer’s career, as it marked the beginning of a long list of "art-directed" shows by him. It attracted an international audience to McQueen's work, as it called the attention of the multinational corporation LVMH, resulting on McQueen's appointment as the creative director of the French haute couture house, Givenchy, later that year. Some pieces of the collection would be part of the exhibition dedicated to the British designer, Alexander McQueen: Savage Beauty, presented at the Metropolitan Museum of Art in New York in 2011 and the Victoria and Albert Museum in London in 2015. (en)
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- Dante (Alexander McQueen A/W 1996) is the eighth collection launched by the British fashion designer Alexander McQueen. The concept for this collection was mainly inspired by the 14th century Florentine poet, writer and philosopher Dante Alighieri and his famous work Divine Comedy. The show was set in the Christ Church in Spitalfields (East London) on the 1st of March 1996. Some of the garments featured prints of Don McCullin’s photographs took on the Vietnam War (1955-1975) and crucifix masks inspired in the photographer and a continuous referent in McQueen’s work, Joel-Peter Witkin’s self-portraits; the looks for this show also included Philip Treacy headpieces. The show was dedicated to McQueen’s long-time friend and muse, Isabella Blow; it constituted a commentary on religion and war. (en)
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- Dante (Alexander McQueen collection) (en)
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