Paris Fashion Week Autumn/Winter 2013: Alexander McQueen

Who better to bring history to the catwalk than the one and only Sarah Burton? Paris Fashion Week might be drawing to a close, but the Alexander McQueen Autumn/Winter 2013 show was worth waiting for.

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Alexander McQueen: Paris Fashion Week A/W 2013
Alexander McQueen
Alexander McQueen: Paris Fashion Week A/W 2013
Alexander McQueen
Alexander McQueen: Paris Fashion Week A/W 2013
Alexander McQueen
Alexander McQueen: Paris Fashion Week A/W 2013
Alexander McQueen
Alexander McQueen: Paris Fashion Week A/W 2013
Alexander McQueen
Alexander McQueen: Paris Fashion Week A/W 2013
Alexander McQueen
Alexander McQueen: Paris Fashion Week A/W 2013
Alexander McQueen
Alexander McQueen: Paris Fashion Week A/W 2013
Alexander McQueen
Alexander McQueen: Paris Fashion Week A/W 2013
Alexander McQueen
Alexander McQueen: Paris Fashion Week A/W 2013
Alexander McQueen
Alexander McQueen: Paris Fashion Week A/W 2013
Alexander McQueen
Alexander McQueen: Paris Fashion Week A/W 2013
Alexander McQueen
Alexander McQueen: Paris Fashion Week A/W 2013
Alexander McQueen
Alexander McQueen: Paris Fashion Week A/W 2013
Alexander McQueen

The beauty of this collection was all in the detail. Peplum bodices and floor-sweeping capes were studded all-over, while pearl embellished headgear, gloves and heeled brogues added a sense of majesty to the shortened dome skirts and corsets.

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There was a focus on texture too - lace was layered and collars were ruffled high around the neck. A not-so-subtle reminder that these regal clothes were made for a queen.

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