alexander mcqueen

trouser detail, spring-summer 1995, gray silk/wool

'the inspiration behind the hair came from victorian times when prostitutes would sell theirs for kits of hair locks, which were bought by people to give to their lovers. I used it as my signature label with of hair in perspex. in the early collection, it was my own hair'. alexander mcqueen

from: alexander mcqueen savage beauty (book) by andrew bolton