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How Alexander McQueen’s Sarah Burton Is Fostering Fashion Talent

By Laird Borrelli-Persson
  • Sarah Burton with students.
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    Sarah Burton with students.

  • Alexander McQueen Spring 2019
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  • A look from the Dante collectsion in its “coffin.”
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    A look from the Dante collectsion in its “coffin.”

  • Research and reference materials.
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    Research and reference materials.

  • Research and reference materials.
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    Research and reference materials.

  • Research and reference materials.
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    Research and reference materials.

  • The instore exhibition.
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    The in-store exhibition.

  • Alexander McQueen Spring 2019
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  • The new Alexander McQueen flagship.
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    The new Alexander McQueen flagship.

  • The new Alexander McQueen flagship.
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    The new Alexander McQueen flagship.

  • The new Alexander McQueen flagship.
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    The new Alexander McQueen flagship.

  • The new Alexander McQueen flagship.
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    The new Alexander McQueen flagship.

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    The new Alexander McQueen flagship.

Christian Lacroix is Laird Borrelli-Persson’s fashion raison d’etre; the way he combined romance and historicism set her on the path she is following today. Borrelli-Persson studied literature at Boston College, spending her junior year abroad at Oxford, where she added some art history. After graduation she moved to New York to intern ... Read More
TopicsMcQ Alexander McQueenSarah BurtonLondon