A Locket of Hair by Alexander McQueen
Always eager to embrace a zany story line, the garment tags used by Lee “Alexander” McQueen in the early years of his career were made of plastic and human hair. The late British fashion designer, who graduated from Central Saint Martins in 1992 – his final collection at school was bought in its entirety by Isabella Blow – immediately launched his namesake fashion house under his middle name, Alexander, by which he later became famous.
Sewn to the lining of garments from his earliest collections are methodically coiled lockets of hair encased in Perspex; a number of these pieces were included in opening gallery of The Costume Institute’s Savage Beauty exhibition in 2011. The inspiration behind this avant-garde gesture came from the Victorian era when prostitutes would sell their kits of hair locks, which were purchased by individuals to gift and exchange with their lovers. In his earliest collections the hair came from McQueen’s own head.
"A Locket of Hair ni kitabu cha Alexander McQueen, ambacho kilikuwa na maandishi ya ""A LOT OF HAIR"" (Mwisho wa miaka ya kwanza ya kazi yake) na ""A LOT OF HAIR"" (Mwisho wa miaka ya kwanza ya kazi yake) na ""A LOT OF HAIR"" (Mwisho wa miaka ya kwanza ya kazi yake)." Mfanyakazi wa zamani wa Uingereza, ambaye alihitimu kutoka Central Saint Martins mnamo 1992, mkusanyiko wake wa mwisho katika shule ulinunuliwa kwa ukamilifu na Isabella Blow, mara moja alianzisha nyumba yake ya mitindo chini ya jina lake la kati, Alexander, ambayo baadaye ikawa maarufu. "Kutoka kwa mavazi ya kwanza ya kuvutia ya kuvutia, ""Makumbusho ya nywele"" ya Perspex, ambayo ilifungwa kwa njia ya utaratibu, ilijumuishwa katika maonyesho ya maonyesho ya The Costume Institute ya ""Savage Beauty"" mnamo 2011." Mtazamo huu wa avant-garde ulitokana na enzi ya Victoria wakati makahaba walipokuwa wakiuza vipande vya nywele, ambavyo vilinunuliwa na watu binafsi ili kuwapa zawadi na kubadilishana na wapenzi wao. Katika makusanyo yake ya mapema nywele zilitoka kwenye kichwa cha McQueen mwenyewe.