Known for controversy, Alexander McQueen is a brilliant English fashion designer. His designs are worn by many of the rich and famous. He had a hand in dressing Mikhail Gorbachev and Prince Charles while he was learning his craft at a Saville Row traditional tailoring shop. From traditional tailors he learned the technical aspects of constructing clothing. In Milan as design assistant to Romeo Giglis, Alexander mastered fine finishing techniques of Italian fashions. In 1994 he returned to London where he was convinced to complete a Master’s Degree in Fashion Design. His entire graduate collection was bought by Isabella Blow and the rest as they say, is history.
For the best prices on men’s Alexander McQueen clothing, shop online at styledrops.com. You will find all the styles typical of McQueen’s fashion from sexy Brad Pitt inspired shirts to the by now infamous skull fashions. McQ fashions represent dichotomy, strength versus fragility, modern versus traditional and severe versus soft. As the man himself, McQueen’s designs rail against the condition society currently finds itself in.
If you have ever wished you looked like Brad Pitt, here’s your chance. Deceptively simple in design, this shirt has fine attention to detail with a button closure on the mid bicep sleeve hem for easy roll up. The button down collar, yoke back and form fit design combine to make this a very fine shirt indeed. 
Any man would enjoy wearing the fine dress slacks and casual pants from the Alexander McQueen collections. His pants are designed to fit properly and be comfortable as well as fashionable. Choose a McQ tie of silk and any shirt will look like it just fell out of a designer catalog.
For the rebel in you or for the conformist, wear Alexander McQueen from styledrops.com.
If you’re used to the careful restraint of the previous collections of Alexander McQueen, you’ll be downright shocked at his offerings for Fall 2008. He picked up some inspiration from a centuries-old tree in his garden and a trip to India before promptly whipping up a collection that took all those stories all the way.
A lot of the silhouettes can be identified with 1950’s-era couture. There were huge, stiff hoop skirts and big flouncing dresses that wouldn’t have looked out of place on a prima ballerina. Despite their very sober black color, several voluminous dresses looked magnificent in all their crinoline glory. There was lace and tulle everywhere, contributing to an overall ethereal look for the collection. Fanciful peacock headdresses and glimmering diadems as accessories only accentuated that image. Not everything was as feminine, though.
Severe cuts were also thrown here and there into the collection, such as the fitted cropped peak-lapel blazer over impossibly tight pants. There were also a few jackets that posed very hard, straight lines to contrast with the fanciful details that defined Alexander McQueen for fall.
Because the show started out so monochromatic and borderline gothic in color and design, it was nearly blinding to see the bright-colored dresses that the designer saved for the finale. There was a ruby red dress that looked as if it were made entirely out of red and white ruffles. An off-white dress with a lacy top, an accordion-pleat skirt and white tulle underneath completed that old world feel.
This Alexander McQueen collection is praiseworthy for its daring, if anything. 
It’s definitely not popular nowadays to be this fanciful with one’s designs. Quite the opposite, the new fashion trend is to be as restrained and austere as possible. This collection isn’t exactly the most commercial, but it does work as art expressed through fashion. Shopping for some casual clothes? Skip McQueen’s this season.
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