It sounds like Londoners will get to experience Savage Beauty, the recent Metropolitan Museum of Art Costume Institute's retrospective of Alexander McQueen's work.
YAY!
Representative at McQueen released a statement saying "Alexander McQueen appreciates the huge amount of interest the public has shown towards the Savage Beauty exhibition. We have been in discussion with a number of major venues in London for some time now however nothing has been finalised. Please be assured that an official announcement will be made the moment we confirm our plans for London."
It's a show that feels like it belongs to London - McQueen trained on Savile Row and studied at Central Saint Martins, lived, worked, and became a success in London and his brand is still based in London under the stewardship of an English designer, Sarah Burton.
The V&A would be a natural choice given their design focus and their fashion collection (already home to several McQueen pieces.) Perhaps they could host Savage Beauty to coincide with the reopening of their renovated fashion rooms in Spring 2012? Or in 2013 to celebrate 20 years of the Alexander McQueen brand? Somerset House would also be a good choice - it's the home of London Fashion Week and a beautiful space and has successfully hosted fashion exhibitions in the past.
The show was curated especially for the Met, but I don't see that being a problem in bringing it to London - every travelling exhibition has to be tailored to its new home, that's part of the job of a curator at an institution which takes travelling shows.
Fingers crossed!
If you're in London and would love to see the exhibition there are several online petitions you can sign.
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