![]() ![]() His Givenchy show "was beautifully done and original in its own right," explains Kaplan. Costume designer Michael Kaplan, who created Sean Young's iconic shoulder-padded outfits for the film, noted that of all the designers who've been influenced by Blade Runner, only McQueen got it right. In his Fall/Winter 1998 show for Givenchy, McQueen went back to the future with a collection that referenced Ridley Scott's 1982 sci-fi noir classic Blade Runner. Givenchy Fall/Winter 1998 | Ridley Scott's Blade Runner Perhaps its most stunning nod to the film's themes of mortality and eternal life came from a model wearing a transparent acrylic bodice filled with living, squirming worms-a reminder of what we humans are fated for and what vampires avoid. From its blood-lit backdrops to the bloody handprints on the models' shirts, the show touched on the vampiric. His show The Hunger brought to the runway Tony Scott's 1983 cult vampire film of the same name with Catherine Deneuve, Susan Sarandon, and David Bowie. McQueen's love of the dark side came out in his appreciation of horror. Spring/Summer 1996 "The Hunger" | Tony Scott's The Hunger Simon Ungless, a close friend from Central Saint Martins, explains how the film's mix of pencil skirts and human peril was "All very McQueen." He explains, "Tippi is made vulnerable through the hobbling effect of her clothes in the movie-this beautiful, sexy woman placed into a different environment and put at extreme risk but winning in the end." To amplify that effect, McQueen procured milky white contact lenses for the models to wear, an effect that hairdresser Eugene Souleiman recalls made it look as if "they had been attacked by birds, with those lenses in their eyes." Ten years later, McQueen returned to Hitchcock with his Autumn/Winter 2005 collection "The Man Who Knew Too Much ," an ode to sixties glamor with a Vertigo inspired invitation to a Rear Window set. The stylish Tippi Hedren makes an ill-fated trip to Northern California's Bodega Bay to visit a man she has just met when the local birds mysteriously start attacking the human citizens of that coastal town. His Spring/Summer 1995 show "The Birds" took its name and much of his creative energy from Hitchcock's 1963 film of the same name. Having loved many of Hitchcock's classic films as a child, McQueen brought the master filmmaker's unique suspense and style into his shows. Spring/Summer 1995 "The Birds" | Alfred Hitchcock's The Birds The Birds" title="Above, "The Birds " Below, Tippi Hedren in The Birds"> ![]() Many noted that calling this early show "Taxi Driver" might strike a personal note, since his father, Ronald McQueen, had actually been a taxi driver. Inspired by the film, especially the scene where Travis Bickle (Robert De Niro) shaves his head into a Mohawk, McQueen printed the poster's iconic image onto fabric. With little money for materials, McQueen turned his poverty to his advantage, reusing convention materials, like latex and Clingfilm, and introducing new styles, like the low-riding pants that would become McQueen's hallmark "Bumster" look. In his first show after graduating from London's leading fashion school, Central Saint Martins, McQueen honored Martin Scorsese's iconic film Taxi Driver. We look here at how ten films inspired his different shows.Īutumn/Winter 1993 "Taxi Driver" | Martin Scorsese's Taxi Driver "I have used them as visual backdrops in my shows, as they instill such an incredible atmosphere of emotion.'' One can see just how wide-ranging his cinematic influences are in Kyle Turner's short film Blood Beneath Skin: Alexander McQueen and Cinema. ''Films always inspire me," explains McQueen in The New York Times. Perhaps his biggest influence, however, was cinema. "He was a true showman in a way the fashion world hadn't seen." McQueen's longtime collaborator Sebastian Pons believes that he "created theater that brought you into his world-whether you liked it or not." Stitching together pop culture and Scottish folklore, personal nightmares and cutting-edge technology, his runway shows became a new form of theatrical expression, one that demanded audiences have an emotional reaction. "His shows were happenings," explains writer and co-director Ettedgui. ![]() ![]() In addition to changing the face of fashion, McQueen's spectacular events turned runway conventions upside down by making the presentation of his seasonal collections a must-see theatrical event. Ian Bonhôte and Peter Ettedgui's documentary McQueen explores the creative life and imagination of fashion designer Alexander McQueen. ![]()
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