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alexander mcqueen. my inspiration.

Alexander McQueen died on 11th February 2010. I can’t say I miss him because I didn’t know him personally. I also can’t say I was extremely sad. At least not in a touched sense. He was an icon for me not a human being, in fact if it wouldn’t have happened I would have gone on believing he is just as immortal as I always thought MJ was. That was the sense of the shock I had. The image I had of something was ruined. That day something moved in me. I read everything people were writing about the designer, watched films, looked at imagery and spoke to people. And all that – as we all know – must be a great inspiration. I’m so very glad that this tragic incident proves a godesend for me at least and I hope for many more people too. I went on getting my silk colours out which I hadn’t used since too many years and made a dress. My Alexander Mc Queen dress! Not only that, I for the first time started a project out by designing the material with the garment playing just an extra. And I think I’ll do it again, I found something I never thought of doing before to be really exciting. Thanks, Alexander Mc Queen.

(I used silk paint by pebeo which are intermixable, remember to iron the finished result hot with a cotton cloth between silk and iron, then wash before sewing to be sure it’s shrunk)

Tags: alexander mcqueen, silk dress, silk painting