From: owner-ammf-digest@smoe.org (alt.music.moxy-fruvous digest) To: ammf-digest@smoe.org Subject: alt.music.moxy-fruvous digest V14 #16737 Reply-To: ammf@fruvous.com Sender: owner-ammf-digest@smoe.org Errors-To: owner-ammf-digest@smoe.org Precedence: bulk alt.music.moxy-fruvous digest Friday, September 26 2025 Volume 14 : Number 16737 Today's Subjects: ----------------- Claim your CVS reward today ["Gift from CVS" Subject: Claim your CVS reward today Claim your CVS reward today http://slimboost.ru.com/Cd7OmBRoMlq14P6jxuEvn3pIFnEduxr50kq0tfCn559HzVwqDA http://slimboost.ru.com/mygwNJARBgTnhnFiiCjBVf_sbhlIUFhQF0OJS_bleFlt1eR4WQ tish fashion designer Alexander McQueen was known for his imaginative, sometimes controversial designs, and dramatic fashion shows. During his nearly twenty-year career, he explored a broad range of ideas and themes, including historicism, romanticism, femininity, sexuality, and death. McQueen began his career as an apprentice on Savile Row, which earned him a reputation as an expert tailor. From 1996 to October 2001, McQueen was b in addition to his responsibilities for his own label b head designer at French fashion house Givenchy. McQueen frequently experimented with unconventional materials and references to nature in his collections. He often used animal parts, both natural and imitation, in his designs. Avian symbolism and imagery was a recurring theme throughout his career. His fifth collection, The Birds (Spring/Summer 1995), was dually inspired by ornithology, the study of birds, and the 1963 Alfred Hitchcock film The Birds, for which it was named. Moths and butterflies were another repeat motif. McQueen had a difficult relationship with the fashion industry and the media. Early in his career, journalists often framed him as a working-class trespasser in an upper-class industry. The press preyed on his insecurities about his weight and looks. Distressed about the poor reception for his Givenchy collections, he resorted to smoking and drug use to deal with the pressure he felt to satisfy management and the press. McQueen was often ambivalent about continuing his career in fashion, which he described as toxic and suffocating. Several of McQueen's collections, including Voss, were intended as critiques of his industry. In It's a Jungle Out There (Autumn/Winter 1997), McQueen used the short lifespan of the Thomson's gazelle as a metaphor for the "fragility of a designer's time in the press." What a Merry-Go-Round (Autum ------------------------------ End of alt.music.moxy-fruvous digest V14 #16737 ***********************************************