Alexander Mcqueen Oyster Dress Price

From the famed 2003 collection of pirates and parrots it is the famous oyster dress which stole the show and our hearts and whirled the world into mcqueen s unique sense of melancholy beauty.

Alexander mcqueen oyster dress price.

One of the highlights in this gallery is a dress called the oyster dress which is made up of hundreds and hundreds of layers of silk organza almost like a mille feuille pastry. The photograph above by peter lindbergh shows russian model natalia vodianova wearing the oyster dress from alexander mcqueen s 2003 spring summer collection irere for harpers bazaar s in a photo editorial called the age of innocence published in the united states in march 2003. Alexander mcqueen british 1969 2010 oyster dress irere spring summer 2003 ivory silk organza. The dress was created for alexander mcqueen s spring summer 2003 collection and was tracked down at beverly hills store lily et cie which focuses on archival designer fashion.

While a similar dress appeared colored like the plumage of a tropical bird this gown of sand colored organza recalls the mille feuille ridging on the surface of a shell. A number of gowns in alexander mcqueen s irere collection of spring summer 2003 appear to be poetic renderings of a disaster at sea. The data fields with an asterisk must be completed in order to satisfy any request you make.