
Brooklyn Museum Costume Collection at The Metropolitan Museum of Art, Gift of the Brooklyn Museum, 2009; Gift of E. A. Meister, 1950
Catalogue
- Year
- 1860
- Medium
- Cotton, metal, bone
- Collection
- The Metropolitan Museum of Art
- Artist
- Alexander McQueen
Artist

Alexander McQueen was a British fashion designer whose collections merged tailoring precision with theatrical provocation, often incorporating unconventional materials, deconstruction, and references to art history and cultural transgression. Working from his London studio, he challenged fashion's formal conventions through elaborate runway presentations that functioned as conceptual performance. His work combined exceptional technical craft with conceptual ambition, establishing fashion design as a legitimate medium for artistic inquiry rather than commercial accommodation alone.
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1898 · (a, d, e) wool; (b, c) cotton; (f) linen
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1898 · (a, d, e) wool; (b, c) cotton; (f) linen
Gym suit
1895 · cotton
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1895 · cotton
Record
Verified by WattsOS- Artist
- Alexander McQueen
- Year
- 1860
- Medium
- Cotton, metal, bone
- Watts ID
- WW-1860-150227
Source
- Collection
- The Metropolitan Museum of Art
- Source
- met
- Reference
- View at source
- Status
- verified



