Designer makes triumphant return to venue where she worked on her very first McQueen show 20 years ago
Sarah Burton’s decision to stage the first Alexander McQueen womenswear catwalk show in London for 15 years, rather than in Paris, was taken for a practical, rather than sentimental, reason: at 38 weeks pregnant, she does not wish to travel.
Nonetheless, the homecoming – not just to London but to the Royal Horticultural Halls, a venue where, Burton said backstage, she worked on her very first McQueen show 20 years ago – turned out to be a lucky charm. This was a stunning collection, and a fashion spectacle with soul.
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