Alexander McQueen Fall 2010 Presentation - PFW

In a very private invite only presentation held last week in Paris, Alexander McQueen's final collection was shown in a beautiful gilded salon at the headquarters of Francois Pinault.  The 16 piece collection inspired by Byzantine art and Old Masters paintings as well as the carvings and sculptures of Grinling Gibbons, had only been 80% complete at the time of McQueen's death and each piece being hand sewn by the designer himself proves why he was such a celebrated craftsman...an artist.

There is something very eerie about this collection...it's almost hauntingly beautiful, but sullen.  Maybe it's because we are so used to the theatrics of a McQueen show that you can't help but feel like something is missing as you look at this small intimate presentation in this quietly beautiful space in Paris.  Or maybe it's the inspiration of the collection itself, The Dark Ages. 

Either way there is something very poetic about the whole thing.  And isn't that the meaning of life anyway...finding the poetry, the irony, the beauty...the light within the dark?

images courtesy of style.com 

video footage courtesy of fashionista.com