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“ I have always loved the mechanics of nature and to a greater or lesser extent my work is always informed by that.” —Alexander McQueen  Alexander McQueen: Savage Beauty , at the Metropolitan Museum of Art in New York has now closed. With a total of 661,509 visitors, it's the most visited fashion exhibition in the museum’s history. McQueen’s runway shows were well known for their sense of Victorian theatrical drama with sets that included birdcages, butterflies, feathered wings and antlers. The exhibition, under the direction of curator, Andrew Bolton, successfully captured this spirit of Gothic splendor with its combination of horror and romance. Nature was the greatest, or at least the most enduring, influence upon McQueen. It was also a central theme, if not the central theme of nineteenth century Romanticism.  Many artists of the Romantic Movement presented nature itself as a work of art. McQueen both shared and promoted

  "After much consideration and with the blessing of Amy's family, we have decided to release the AW11 Amy Winehouse for Fred Perry Collection. Amy was passionate and dedicated to the collaboration and her signature style is clearly stamped across each piece.  In such circumstances the usual royalties and fees from the collection will be donated to the soon-to-be-established Amy Winehouse Foundation." 

  There's a chance you might not even know who she is but Zara Philips is technically a British princess is in fact 13th in line to the throne. Grand-daughter of The Queen, first cousin of William and Harry, she's spirited, athletic and very attractive. On July 30th in Scotland, she married another sporty-type, the former English rugby captain, Mike Tindall. Arriving on the arm of her father, Captain Mark Phillips, Zara wore a cap-sleeved, ivory silk gown designed by one of her grandmother's favorite couturiers, Stewart Parvin . The chevron-pleated bodice ended in dramatic inverted pleats on a dropped waist, designed to create a bell-shaped silhouette, while the concealed constructed corset had delicate fabric-covered buttons decorating the center back of the gown, running from the neckline to the hem. The groom wore a morning suit from Saville Row tailor, Cad and the Dandy  The