Marina Maher Communications

On February 12th when my coworker Scott walked into the office, I immediately bombarded him with the question “Did you hear about McQueen?!”. Scott, having lived in London and being its biggest fan, thought I was telling him that the Queen of England died – not what I was talking about. Although, the person who passed away was just as important to me, Alexander McQueen.

Alexander McQueen is one of those great artistic minds. 2006 was the first time I was exposed to his genius and since that moment in time I have never been able to pull myself away. I look at every show, analyze every red carpet outfit and make frequent visits to his store on West 14th. It’s always been a dream of mine to own a McQueen look, unfortunately I’m still young and don’t have the extra cash to spend on it. But will my burning desire to own McQueen last now knowing that he wasn’t the mastermind behind it?

McQueen took fashion to the next level, particularly with his runway shows. He used the runway as a venue to perform through videos, interpretive performance and outlandish accessories/beauty. He wanted to bring his Spring 2010 show to the masses by live video streaming his show. Interestingly this wasn’t the first time I had seen this, since Priscilla of Boston here at MMC had been streaming their show online for the past two seasons. Not many high-end designers believe that a mass audience would understand a high-end fashion show, but McQueen had faith and since I’m not invited to the show – it was a dream come true.

McQueen died on February 11, 2010 just weeks before his Fall 2010 show, but his final show will go on — being shown in Paris on March 9th and 10th via private salon sessions by invitation only.