An Homage

In honor of the great designer, creator, and innovator that Lee McQueen was I put together a 

small recap of his work, the farthest I could go back in time was up to the spring 1999 where 

he sprayed Shalom Harlow's white dress with paint on a stage in front of the 

entire fashion world, all the way up to his greatest and last show where he boldly did what 

only he knew best, mixing prints, textures, shapes, and putting on a spectacle for the world 

to remember him by.

Alexander McQueen was a romantic at heart, romanticism hidden behind a beautiful sheet of 

dark colors, rough edges, great Savile Row tailoring, Parisian couture, gothic imagery, sombre 

leitmotifs but without a doubt McQueen was really one of the great masters of fashion of our 

time, with him a bright light has been put out.

Alexander McQueen loved A-lines skirts, lace, bodices, cinched waistlines, jumpsuits, prints, 

theatrics, and most of all he loved putting on a show for the world to watch awestruck with 

one man's creative force.

We will never be able to understand why he did what he did, but for now all we can do is 

remember his work and the beauty that he put out into the universe.

Fall/Winter 1999 & Spring/Summer 1999

Spring/Summer 2001

Fall/Winter 2001

Spring/Summer 2002

Fall/Winter 2002

Spring/Summer 2003

Fall/Winter 2003

Spring/Summer 2004

Fall/Winter 2004

Spring/Summer 2005

Fall/Winter 2005

Spring/Summer 2006

Fall/Winter 2006

I felt this one deserved only a video, to be able to really appreciate the show and the clothes.

Spring/Summer 2007

Fall/Winter 2007

Spring/Summer 2008

Fall/Winter 2008

Resort 2009

Spring/Summer 2009

Pre-Fall 2009

Fall/Winter 2009

Resort 2010

Spring/Summer 2010

Lee Alexander McQueen

1969-2010

We'll miss you...

Right in the Vena...

I just love Sophie and Lisa, they are some of the greatest people I have ever met, being very down to earth, humble, laid-back, and most of all very cool.

I'll have an update with their latest fall collection soon, but for now you can relish in their smiles.

Viva Vena Cava

Lisa Mayock & Sophie Buhai

Don't you just love them?

Long Live McQueen...

After the loss of Yves Saint Laurent a few years ago, I thought that it would be a while before another great designer would go... Alexander McQueen has commited suicide in his London apartment, and it is confirmed that the great visionary has passed away.

His last spring collection was really one to remember, the spectacle, the beauty, the prints, the innovation, the shoes, the colors; he was a real creative force behind modern fashion, never giving in and always surprising us with new forms, new techniques, new beauty to behold.

He will be missed giving that unlike Saint Laurent, McQueen still had his entire career in front of him, the world still wanted to see his creations and he still had much more to deliver.

Long Live McQueen

R. I. P. 

I ♥ Gucci

Gucci Spring/Summer 2010

This is how we party...

During my stay in Guayaquil, I had two weddings. The great thing I love about weddings in Ecuador is being able to wear a tux, I don't know why but I love the tradition behind wearing a tux, the glamour, the style, the history.

For me it's like a ceremony; getting showered, doing my hair and then slowly putting each part of the tux on. I prefer the traditional tux with a bow tie and cummerbund, since I feel it's kind of a costume and if I'm going to get dressed up I'm going to go all the way. 

Durante mi estadía en Guayaquil tuve dos matrimonios. Lo que me encanta de casamientos en Ecuador es poder usar un smokin, no se porque, pero a mi me encanta la tradición de usar un smokin, el glamour, el estilo y la historia.

Para mi es una ceremonia;  bañarme, peinarme y despues comenzar a ponerme cada parte del smokin. Yo prefiero el estilo tradicional con moño o pajarita y faja o fajín, siento que es casi un disfraz y si me voy a disfrazar lo voy a ser con todos los juguetes.

The only thing I feel should change is the fabric tuxedos are made of in warmer climates, and for Guayaquil to accept the white coat instead of the traditional black since that is the allowed protocol in tropical climates, like the wedding of Lauren Davis and Andres Santo Domingo in Cartagena.

La única cosa que cambiaria es el material de los smokins en climas más calidos y que Guayaquil acepte la chaqueta blanca en vez del tradicional negro, dado que ese es el protocol permitido en climas tropicales, como el matrimonio de Lauren Davis y Andres Santo Domingo en Cartagena 

Alexis Mabille and I

Alexis is a relatively new parisian designer, mainly putting out only couture collections in his native Paris, now he also has a menswear line and I think it's truly amazing.

He's innovating in traditional menswear forms using luxurious fabrics not usually seen or used in a men's collection, making a fall 2010 men's collection for a very sporty cosmopolitan dandy. Sport jackets, blazers with changed lapels, excellent fitting wide pants, and what seems to be jumpers for men (my favorite part of the entire collection).

Alexis also decided to show what an Alexis Mabille man would wear underneath his clothes, sending down models in socks, white briefs, and suspenders. 

I love it, do you?

Great minds think alike, no? Look V