If you're one of those who cried a river and missed Alexander McQueen Savage Beauty in 2011, then now is your chance. After held Metropolitan Museum of Art's eighth most visited exhibition in its 141-year history, the Alexander McQueen: Savage Beauty exhibition is coming to London.
"I am thrilled to announce that the V&A will bring this wonderful exhibition to London to celebrate the extraordinary creative talent of one of the most innovative designers of recent times. Lee Alexander McQueen was brought up in London, studied here and based his globally successful McQueen fashion brand here - by staging the exhibition at the V&A it feels like we are bringing his work home," said Martin Roth, director of the V&A.
Curated by the V&A's senior curator of fashion Claire Wilcox, the London exhibition will be based on the original MET version, with Andrew Bolton - who worked on the New York exhibition - acting as consultant curator.
According to Jonathan Akeroyd, chief executive officer of Alexander McQueen, "Savage Beauty is a story telling of the most imaginative and talented designer of our time. We are incredibly proud as a house to be able to showcase Lee's visionary body of work in London as a celebration of his legacy and an inspiration to a future generation."
The retrospective, which covers the collection and spectrum of McQueen's career from his 1992 MA graduate show to his unfinished autumn/winter 2010 collection (he committed suicide in February 2010), was originally displayed in New York's Metropolitan Museum of Art from May 4 to August 7 2011.
Its run time was extended by a week due to popular demand and it became the eighth most popular in the Met's 141-year history - behind Treasures of Tutankhamun (1978), Mona Lisa (1963), and Picasso (2010) - boasting a total of 661,509 visitors.
Supported by American Express and put on in partnership with Swarovski, it will cost £16 to visit, with concessions available and V&A members going free.
Tickets are now available as announced by V&A last April 24th that it will host the exhibition from March 14 to July 19, 2015.
Visit Vam.ac.uk/savagebeauty or call 020 7420 9736 to book.
