Alexander McQueen deconstruction- the bridegroom stripped
bare
Initially, I found the video quite disturbing, and the model
started to look similar to a clown, however after watching the video a couple
of times, I was able to notice the individual processes involved in McQueen’s
Deconstruction. It is reported that McQueen was inspired by Martin Margiela;
however, the outcome is undeniably McQueen. It is said that the revealing top
of the ‘bridegroom’ is to represent brides who wear revealing wedding dresses,
however also that it represents sexual oppression. Personally, from the sock in
the mouth, and the painted red tears, along with the tied up hands, I felt that
this deconstruction and ‘stripping bare’ represents the true feelings of
marriage, and being trapped and oppressed. I thought that the process of
throwing paint at the garment was successful in that it completely changed in a
matter of seconds, and became more recognisable as a wedding dress. McQueen is
successful in deconstructing the suit, yet leaving the basic structure there,
and creating something different with the addition of only a few objects.
