In 1996, the fashion world was stunned when the president of fashion conglomerate LVMH appointed Alexander McQueen as the creative head of French fashion house Givenchy. McQueen proceeded to call his boss “irrelevant” and for the next few years created collections that were best categorized as rebellious, over-dramatic and sometimes even “crap”.
Whatever you want to call them, his Ready to Wear line in the Fall of 1998 was inspired by one of our favorite films and cultural touchstones, Blade Runner. Today, we look back on the brilliance of the collection:
