A Study on Hybrid Trend upon Alexander McQueen's Work

Alexander McQueen의 패션작품에 나타난 하이브리드(Hybrid) 경향 분석

  • Lee Hyo-Jin (Dept. Clothing & Textiles, Chonbuk National University) ;
  • Kim Ju-Yeon (Dept. Clothing & Textiles, Chonbuk National University)
  • 이효진 (전북대학교 생활과학대학 의류학전공) ;
  • 김주연 (전북대학교 생활과학대학 의류학전공)
  • Published : 2005.04.01

Abstract

Hybrid trend of the 21st century is an important basis to express fashion Alexander McQueen is a representative designer of Hybrid trend which combines heterogeneous elements into oneconcept. Accordingly, this study distributed and analyzed Hybrid trend which was in Alexander McQueen's work like below. First, there was a racial Hybrid trend which combined different local culture in shared space of the world in his fashion work and he challenged to Westernized ideal beauty with new recognition and knowledge about beside countries of Western Europe which were considered as not important culture due to perceiving relative value of a pluralist society and created new way aesthetic consciousness. Second, he expressed a historical character of a combination of tradition and modern by his fashion work based on wide historical knowledge of a dress. He created a new line in contrast to the past with a perfect design through combination of the style from the tradition with the parody and displayed his own design world. Third, he treated instability and disorder from the interior essential dissolution, thus he had a cultural character which broke down the boundary of cultural genre and style. This attitude showed transformation of constructivism and deconstruction view, secession and distortion, mixture, duplication, secession and insert by his fashion work.

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