FOR THE ALEXANDER MCQUEEN SPRING / SUMMER 2024 WOMEN’S PRE-COLLECTION, SIGNATURE TAILORING IS SHARP, RENDERED IN TRADITIONAL MENSWEAR FABRICS, WHILE OVERSIZED BOWS AND KNOTS GRACE READY-TO-WEAR AND ACCESSORIES. UTILITARIAN DETAIL IS JUXTAPOSED WITH FLOWER PRINTS REWORKED FROM OLD MASTER PAINTINGS.

PATCH POCKETS ON COTTON AND WOOL SHIRTING AND TRENCH COATS. CORSETED AND BIKER LEATHERS WITH BONDED FRINGING EMPOWER IN CLASSIC BLACK, SILVER AND GOLD. OVERSIZED BOW AND KNOT DETAILS AND KNOT BUTTONS HARNESS DRESSES TO THE BODY, A NOD TO THE COUTURE ATELIER, UNDERCUT. FLOWER PRINTS, JACQUARDS AND EMBROIDERIES ARE REWORKED FROM OLD MASTER PAINTINGS: CHIAROSCURO, WOVEN AND APPLIQUÉD. CRYSTAL FROGGING AND CHAIN EMBROIDERIES ARE INSPIRED BY CEREMONIAL DRESS.