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I really enjoyed researching FKA Twigs as I am a fan of her music and thought she would make a great unique collaboration. I thought why not pick a more high end brand, which is individual and unique like Alexander McQueen. I feel like their styles will both bounce perfectly off of each other.
A huge impact of my collaboration was FKA Twigs music video 'PENDULUM'. I really liked this music video, because it portrays isolation and being trapped. This inspired me to create a AW Collection with Alexander Mcqueen as a lot of his work represented mental illness. For example his VOSS SS01 collection, which revealed writer Michelle Olley attached to iron tubes and covered in giant moths, her breathing strained and her heartbeat amplified across the speaker. A comment on mental illness and its treatment.
Reviewing a lot of McQueen's Catwalks before his death, they were very unique and told a story. Similarly, FKA Twigs music videos represent different stories. For example, in ‘GLASS AND PATRON’ she gives birth, glorifying Women’s strength and the beauty of pregnancy.
Within my collaboration I wanted to portray elements of McQueen's previous work in tailoring and styling his garments by inspirations from historical periods. I then wanted to combine this with FKA Twigs edgy and dark styled music creating a modern twist on the collaboration, making it as abstract as possible.
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