Gown, belt and sandals
2007 {The blue lady (La Dame Bleue) collection, spring-summer 2008}
- Medium
- silk (satin), patent leather, leather, synthetic fabric (shoulder pads, wadding), cotton (laces), metal (fastenings), rubber
- Measurements
- (a) 176.0 cm (centre back) 33.5 cm (waist, flat) (dress)
(b) 37.0 × 61.0 cm (belt)
(c-d) 23.0 × 19.5 × 80.0 cm (each) (sandals) - Place/s of Execution
- Italy
- Inscription
- (a) label, centre back neckline, woven in white on grey cotton: ALEXANDER MCQUEEN / MADE IN ITALY
label, centre back neckline, woven in white on grey cotton: 38
(b) label, left side front, printed in ink on white synthetic fabric: ALEXANDER / MCQUEEN / PRESS SAMPLE / 10 Amwell Street London EC1R 1UQ / T: 020 7278 4333 F: 020 7278 3828
inscribed in blue ballpoint pen: S08AL74/327 / ((...illeg.) 1)
(c) embossed (vertically) on insole: McQ (monogram) / MADE IN ITALY / VERO CUOIO / 37 ½
(d) embossed (vertically) on insole: McQ (monogram) / MADE IN ITALY / VERO CUOIO / 37 ½ - Accession Number
- 2021.99.a-d
- Department
- International Fashion and Textiles
- Credit Line
- National Gallery of Victoria, Melbourne
Gift of Krystyna Campbell-Pretty AM and Family through the Australian Government’s Cultural Gifts Program, 2021
© Alexander McQueen - Gallery location
- Special Exhibitions Gallery
Ground Level, NGV International - About this work
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Alexander McQueen’s The Blue Lady (La Dame Bleue) collection was created in memory of Isabella Blow, the designer’s muse and one of his closest friends, who passed away in 2007. Instilling McQueen’s inveterate fascination with Japan, this gown features kimono sleeves and an obi belt. The belt and sandals evince the Japanese reverence for the butterfly as the personification of the soul – another memorialisation of Blow.