I think I agree with Suzy Menkes thoughts on Sarah Burton's F/W 2011 collection for Alexander McQueen:
"Many of these dresses were beautiful, with their haute couture aesthetic and workmanship, like tiny zippers running vertically around a skirt hem. But it was dispiriting to see a female designer (and on the centennial International Women’s Day) following the McQueen misogyny by strapping her models into harnesses. Take them off and there were lovely dresses, including a column of white chiffon far softer than Mr. McQueen’s own style."
What do you think? The harnesses add a certain fetishism to the looks, which is provocative in contrast to such elaborate and stunning gowns. However, I feel like if you take them away, you don't really lose any of the artistic value or wow-factor. Are we right, or are Miss Menkes and I missing the point?
(Quote taken from this article, from the New York Times.)
