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Alexander McQueen | c. 2008
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“I’ve got a 600-year-old elm tree in my garden,” McQueen said, “and I made up this story of a girl who lives in it and comes out of the darkness to meet a prince and become a queen.” After a trip to India, the designer worked like a fiend for months in his studio, with images of Queen Victoria, the Duke of Wellington, and the Indian Empire running through his mind. They were transformed into ballerina-length multi-flounced dance dresses, each more insanely exquisite than the last: A miraculous red-feather-fronted number turned to burst into a froth of creamy frills in back; another came covered in baby-fine knitted lace; a third had a pair of peacocks—again fashioned from cutout black lace—with their tail feathers fanning out over ivory tulle petticoats. (Vogue)
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