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Fashion & clothing inspiration from Fashionising.com. Dress, Evening - StumbleUpon. Dress (Ball Gown) Incredibly Creative High Heels - My Modern Metropolis - StumbleUpon. - StumbleUpon. The Metropolitan Museum of Art, New York - StumbleUpon. The Metropolitan Museum of Art, New York - StumbleUpon. Alexander McQueen (British, 1969–2010)“Oyster” DressIrere, spring/summer 2003 Ivory silk organza, georgette, and chiffon Courtesy of Alexander McQueen Photograph © Sølve Sundsbø / Art + Commerce Andrew Bolton: One of the highlights in this gallery is a dress called the “Oyster” Dress, which is made up of hundreds and hundreds of layers of silk organza, almost like a mille-feuille pastry.
And the collection told the story of a shipwreck at sea and the subsequent landfall in the Amazon, and it was peopled with pirates, conquistadors, and Amazonian Indians. And I think that what’s interesting about this particular dress is you see how McQueen evolved as a designer in terms of the fact that he was always well known as a tailor. With this particular dress, you see a much softer approach. As Sarah Burton explains: