For this wonderful tribute and fundraising effort, Stylissimo Fashion Designer Loa Oryl has created a wonderful romantic ensemble that is as timelessly classic as it is avant garde. This is now on sale at our mainstore and for the month of March 2010, 100% of sales proceeds will be donated to real life charity Keep A Child Alive.
Loa shares her inspiration :
"Focussing on McQueen's work on his "Widows of Culloden" show (Fall/Winter 2006), I was inspired by his breathtaking vision on the strong women of the highlands. He took the history and heritage of these women into mind and in return showed a more restraint and thoughtfulness as a designer compared to the bad boy image that got him to his success.
Taking old shapes and cuts with the skirt and jacket, I mashed them together with the electric colours of his recent work to create a fusion of the old meeting the new.
I wanted something that was poised and respectful, a similar quality to the show I drew inspiration from... and showed that McQueen was not about the ability to shock or create controversy... but about expressing a moment in time that will provoke thought and reflection in the fashion world.
Alexander once said himself... the shows are about the shows, to give something spectacular to accumulate interest... but after the show it's about the customer and that's what it's really all about."
"McQueen has always been about the moment" - Lee Alexander McQueen
So seize the moment and make a difference. Shop and support a good cause with us.
