Alexander McQueen ensemble & Skingraft ensemble

Left: Alexander McQueen / Ensemble/ Ivory silk organza with embroidery and cutwork and faux pony skin / Spring 2007, Sarabande collection, England / Lent by Alexander McQueen
McQueen’s collection notes cited Barry Lyndon, Goya, and the Marchesa Casati, but this romantic, historicist ensemble is vintage McQueen. Elsewhere in the collection were the images of skulls, which have become a leitmotif in his work.

Right: Skingraft Design / Jacket and skirt / Black leather and fur / Fall 2008, USA / Lent by Skingraft Design
Skingraft Design purveys very high-end goth styles.