Robert FairerAlexander McQueen: Unseen

SPECTACULAR!From beginning to end! It’s really no surprise that a body of work so visually compelling would not give out such a gorgeous outlook. What is surprising compellingly though,is the beforematch these creations undergo before they are exhibit. Thanks the lord Robert Fairer and his lens were there to capture it all. You get that feeling of both intimacy and inmedeacy that one can not get from the distance of the actual show and definitely from no video. Interesting are also the glimpses you get on the preparations some garments require before they are shown and you also get to see the endearing relationship McQUEEN had with his creations. The love, care and devotion are all there . The photographs themselves are in fact spectacular but the editing and the cropping of the frames set them in the right concept for any observer to grasp. This is the first of what seems to be a highly specific anthology of books covering the extensive archive of one great but most of all lucky photographer who was granted actress BEFORE the all-access era, to a world very private. A def must have on any fashionable library or coffee table!

Of all the McQueen books, this is it. The cover is beautiful, the content is perfect. Anyone who loves McQueen would be thrilled to have this.

SUCH a wonderful book- high quality print-unforgettable McQueen, emotional essays and an honest homage to a genius. Artistry, collaborations and fashion moments until now unseen, this is my most favorite book- illustrating the originality and full technicolour that was McQueen fashion in the zeitgeist. Bravo Yale for bringing this to us.

Fun and interesting look into Lee's work and world. A must for fans of McQueen.

Not done reading, yet. But so far exactly as advertised.

Beautiful book

Brilliant book, but his 2001 S/S show Voss seems to be missing...

Just when you start to forget how amazing McQueen's work was, along comes a book that brings it all crashing back. If you are a fan of McQueen, no doubt you have looked at his shows before. But this book takes you inside, with images that will remind you of the startling talent that he had in a way you may not have seen before. The book includes a few essays, show introductions and a forward, but it is all about the images.The book includes 30 McQueen shows - from the haunting Eye to the breath-taking Widows of Culloden, all of his finest work is represented (For reference, here are the shows covered: Nihilism, Highland Rape, The Hunger, Dante, Bellmer La Poupee, It's A Jungle Out There, Untitled, Joan, No.13, The Overlook, Eye, What A Merry Go Round, The Dance Of The Twisted Bull, Supercalifragilisticexpialidocious, Irere, Scanners, Deliverance, Pantheon Ad Lucem, Black, It's Only A Game, The Man Who Knew Too Much, Neptune, The Widows of Culloden, Sarabande, In Memory Of Elizabeth Howe, Salem 1962, La Dame Bleue, The Girl Who Lived In The Tree, Natural Distinction, Un-natural Selection, The Horn of Plenty, Plato's Atlantis).With 350 pages, almost every one a full-size glossy image from the catwalk or backstage. You get to see images of iconic models like Kate Moss in unguarded moments and McQueen's preparation for his magical shows - the makeup, the hair, the final frantic moments for a model reveals his work to the world. Some images are starkly intimate, like the close-up application of the feathers on the model's faces in La Dame Bleue. Some capture the exciting moment before the show begins, like the model peering ahead of the other girls as she prepares to take stage. There are candid moments, a model grinning with excitement, McQueen on his knees, pinning a dress. We'll never get to live through another show put on by the master himself, but we can relive the thrill and shock once again in these Unseen moments from Robert Fairer. It is an absolutely stunning tour through McQueen's work, captured by a master photographer, bringing every show back to life. If you get one McQueen coffee table book, make it this one.