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January 28, 2009

McQueensberry Rules

Given my long standing admiration for the house, and an impressive Flea-ish autumn-winter collection, Flea-readers might reasonably have been assumed my fantasy wardrobe for early '09 would be all Jean Paul Gaultier all the time.

Mais non, Alexander McQueen's latest offering - McQueensberry Rules' "Victorian roughnecks and backstreet fighters" - is more Gaultier than Gaultier. As soon as my hypothetical millions arrive, I shall purchase every outfit and ready the battle zeppelin for some aetheric ass-kickery.

It felt like a casting for the Threepenny Opera Monday evening in Milan, where half the models carried shillelaghs and all them bovver’ boots, ready to mix it up with anyone who got in their way on the catwalk, done up like a dingy, backstreet in 19th century London.

Composed of a cast that included several professional boxers, and entitled McQueensberry, in a pun on the Marquis of Queensberry who first codified the rules of boxing, the show was a bare knuckle affair, where our posh toughs had hands wrapped in cotton the better to protect them landing knock out punches.

Great stuff. And whom are we meant to thank for this welcome Victoriania? Barack Obama, of course. Hope and change: Hange.

Posted by Ghost of a flea at January 28, 2009 06:27 AM

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Chope.

Posted by: harrison at January 28, 2009 07:18 AM

Does that first suit come in women's sizes?

Posted by: cm at January 28, 2009 07:38 AM

:drool:

Sorry, I'll clean up my mess when I'm finished.

Posted by: agent bedhead at January 28, 2009 01:47 PM

Ghost of a flea

January 28, 2009

McQueensberry Rules

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