{"id":11337,"date":"2021-01-22T17:08:29","date_gmt":"2021-01-22T17:08:29","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/graziamagazine.com\/us\/?post_type=articles&p=11337"},"modified":"2021-01-22T23:31:29","modified_gmt":"2021-01-22T23:31:29","slug":"alexander-mcqueen-pre-ss21-collection","status":"publish","type":"articles","link":"https:\/\/graziamagazine.com\/us\/articles\/alexander-mcqueen-pre-ss21-collection\/","title":{"rendered":"How Are Fashion Collections Born While Working From Home?"},"content":{"rendered":"

\"Alexander<\/p>\n

As a writer and editor who spends 90 percent of my day staring at a computer screen and putting together words like puzzle pieces in my head, I’m cool with working from home. I’m even comfortable with it becoming “the new normal.” But for, say, a luxury fashion label like Alexander McQueen<\/a>, working from one’s home or apartment presents challenges. Nevertheless, the show goes on. Even amid a global pandemic<\/a>, we’ve witnessed firsthand that fashion always prevails.<\/p>\n

Alexander McQueen’s design team created the British label’s Pre-Spring-Summer 2021 collection amid the global lockdown of 2020. When offices, ateliers, and factories closed down, the design team had to get creative. Armed with leftover stock fabric, they got to work at home, cutting fabric “by hand at kitchen tables” and dip-dyeing fabric in gardens.<\/p>\n

Take Look 26 from the Pre-SS21 collection, for example (see the full lookbook\u00a0<\/span>here<\/span><\/a>). The stunning dip-dyed pink-and-black dress (seen below and above) features an off-the-shoulder drape and a magnificent tiered skirt in washed silk organza. This piece, among others in the line, was created while “working from home.” Ahead, we break down the design process with photos courtesy of the Alexander McQueen design team.<\/span><\/p>\n

STEP 1: CONSTRUCT THE TOILE<\/h3>\n

This part of the dress\u2019s creation happened in the homes of Alexander McQueen designers. The bodice was hand-knotted, pleated, and sewn onto the corset.<\/p>\n

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step 2: experiment With the dip-dyeing technique<\/h3>\n

Next, designers ventured to the garden or the kitchen for this part of the process, which notoriously gets messy, both literally and figuratively. As seen in the images below, artists tested and experimented with the dip-dyeing technique on fabrics before enlisting the help of a professional dyeing team to create the finished look.<\/p>\n

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\"\"<\/div>Olivia Arthur<\/span><\/figure>
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STEP 3: DE-CONSTRUCT THE TOILE TO DIP-DYE<\/span><\/strong><\/h3>\n

After constructing the dress, designers had to take it apart to dip-dye. The finished dress was opened at the waist, and the bodice and skirt were dipped separately. The skirt had to be dipped upside-down in order to maintain the pink hem (which explains the curious-looking photo).<\/p>\n

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\"\"<\/div>Alexander McQueen Team<\/span><\/figure><\/div><\/div>\n

STEP 4: REVEL IN THE FINISHED LOOK<\/span><\/strong><\/h3>\n

The below was shot by photographer Chloe\u0301 Le Drezen, and the dress was modeled by Anok Yai.<\/p>\n

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Look 26 from the Alexander McQueen Pre-SS21 collection<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n

The stunning dip-dyed pink-and-black dress from the Pre-SS21 collection is available in-store only and retails for $12,400. If you love the dip-dyed look but would prefer something more wearable for day-to-day, keep scrolling to shop some more options from the label.<\/p>\n

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ALEXANDER MCQUEEN DIP-DYED TAILORED JACKET, $4,290 VIA SAKS FIFTH AVENUE. SHOP NOW<\/strong><\/a><\/figcaption><\/figure>\n
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ALEXANDER MCQUEEN MEN’S DIP-DYED LAMBSKIN BOMBER JACKET, $4,090 VIA NEIMAN MARCUS. SHOP NOW<\/strong><\/a><\/figcaption><\/figure>\n
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ALEXANDER MCQUEEN MEN’S DIP-DYED TRENCH COAT, $3,590 VIA NEIMAN MARCUS. SHOP NOW<\/strong><\/a><\/figcaption><\/figure>\n
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ALEXANDER MCQUEEN DIP DYE PRINT SILK KNIT SWEATER, $930 VIA LUISAVIAROMA. SHOP NOW<\/strong><\/a><\/figcaption><\/figure>\n
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ALEXANDER MCQUEEN BIKER DIP DYE SHAWL, $480 VIA ALEXANDER MCQUEEN. SHOP NOW<\/strong><\/a><\/figcaption><\/figure>\n","protected":false},"author":26537,"featured_media":11430,"template":"","format":"standard","categories":[17,16],"yoast_head":"\nCreating the Alexander McQueen Pre-SS21 Collection - Grazia<\/title>\n<meta name=\"description\" content=\"The Alexander McQueen Pre-SS21 collection was created amid the global COVID-19-related lockdown of 2020. 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