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Alexander McQueen Spring 2013 Backstage Beauty

By: Karen Morrison on Oct 08, 2012, 08:32

Allure Backstage – Alexander McQueen Spring 2013 Backstage Beauty Video. Get the look of Alexander McQueen Spring 2013 and go backstage with makeup artist Peter Philips and hair stylist Guido Palau. Netted hats masked the models’ faces at Alexander McQueen, but beneath was gorgeous, flawless skin – a look that is becoming the houses signature.

As makeup artist Peter Philips explained to me backstage, “You could almost call it a signature McQueen look. We did the girls really pure – a perfect skin using Chanel Mat Lumiere, a matte finish foundation that has a velvety texture. The look Peter created was a beautiful canvas for the netting – the beekeeper hats that all the models wore.

Allure Backstage is Executive Produced, Directed and Reported by Karen Morrison. Cameraman: Giovanni Sicignano. A production of MODTV Fashion Video Network.

Watch Allure Backstage: The Look of Alexander McQueen Spring 2013 video here now. For all the latest beauty news visit ALLURE.COM.

Alexander McQueen Fall 2012 Backstage

By: Karen Morrison on Sep 03, 2012, 21:58

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Watch our exclusive Alexander McQueen Fall 2012 backstage beauty video with makeup artist Peter Philips, hair stylist Guido Palau. This Alexander McQueen Fall 2012 collection designed by Sarah Burton was breath taking and magical and it looked like a haute couture collection. The Alexander McQueen Fall 2012 show was bold, futuristic and outer-worldly beautiful.

Hair stylist Guido Palau explained the look was manga inspired, “the feeling of the show is that beautiful, powerful McQueen woman but this time she is more futuristic”. All the models looked alike – each had a platinum blonde wig and each girl wore a mirrored silver visor that covered up almost the whole face.

Makeup artist Peter Philips gave the models beautiful, pure, alabaster ivory skin using Chanel Mat Lumiere foundation. As Peter explained “you can feel the face through the visor, but you don’t really see one”.

“It’s definitely art” actress Salma Hayek told me after the show. “It takes you somewhere special, you never know where she (Sarah) is going to take you, it’s ethereal, it really transports you somewhere”.

Featuring interviews with actress Salma Hayek, Vogue Japan Editor-at-Large Anna Dello Russo and top models Nimue Smith and Jac Jagaciak. Watch our exclusive Alexander McQueen Fall 2012 fashion video here now. Shop the collection at AlexanderMcQueen.Com

Reported and produced by Karen Morrison, Executive Producer & Director. A production of MODTV Fashion Video Network. Videographers: Giovanni Sicignano and Karen Morrison.

Beyoncé’s Hot Music Video ‘Run the World (Girls)’

By: Team MODTV on May 20, 2011, 14:46

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Beyoncé’s new single “Run the World Girls” from her fourth solo album was released this week and beyond the intense post apocolyptic sets, wild animals and burnt out cars we had our eye on the fashion.

In this Mad Max style video Beyoncé looks fierce wearing hottest looks from some of the world’s most cutting edge designers including Alexander McQueen, Jean Paul Gaultier, Gareth Pugh, Pucci and Givenchy Couture. We love Beyonce’s sense of style – watch the video and tell us what you think. Beyonce’s full album will be released May 28th.

Kate Middleton wedding dress is Sarah Burton for Alexander McQueen

By: Team MODTV on Apr 29, 2011, 07:00

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The fashion moment that we’ve all been waiting for is finally here. Kate Middleton’s dress was designed by Sarah Burton, creative director of Alexander McQueen.

Kate Middleton wedding dress is Sarah Burton for Alexander McQueen

Kate Middleton arrived at Westminster Abbey by car with her father Michael Middleton, the royal bride stepped out and at long last debuted her beautiful wedding dress. The stunning gown features a long veil, made of ivory silk tulle, with lace covering up Middleton’s bare arms and shoulders and she wore most a 1936 diamond Halo tiara by Cartier, and pear-shaped diamond earrings by Robinson Pelham. Middleton reportedly did her own makeup. She looked gorgeous. Read more details about the wedding on the Royal Wedding website.

Alexander McQueen’s Savage Beauty

By: Karen Morrison on Apr 27, 2011, 23:44

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It’s hard to believe it’s already been a year since the tragic death of British designer Alexander McQueen. As the Costume Institute at the Metropolitan Museum of Art gets ready to unveil the exhibit Alexander McQueen: Savage Beauty on May 4th we take a look back at his final Paris show called “Plato’s Atlantis”.

When you pulled back the curtain backstage at a McQueen show you never knew what was going to happen, but you always knew it was going to be something out of this world. Our crew was at his last show in Paris on October 6, 2009 and were one of the lucky few that were invited to shoot backstage.

The show called Plato’s Atlantis was perhaps one of his most extraordinary – an sensory explosion of fashion, beauty, technology and art. Alexander McQueen may be gone but he has left us with some of the most powerful visual experiences the world of fashion will ever know.

Executive Produced, Directed & Reported by Karen Morrison. A production of MODTV Fashion Video Network. Videographers: Sebastien Goyer and Karen Morrison.

Video: Alexander McQueen’s Last Paris Show Backstage

By: Karen Morrison on Feb 13, 2010, 11:18

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Alexander McQueen was a creative genius and visionary and it’s impossible to imagine the world of fashion without him. The 40 year old award-winning British designer died on Thursday, February 11th at his London home.

McQueen liked to push people’s buttons. With the help of music-video producer Sam Gainsbury he transformed his catwalk shows into spectacular cinematic productions. The staging of his fashion shows were epic, intense productions that had something elemental – water, ice, fire, or live animals – taking you inside a world of his own creation, his shows transported you to another place. That was McQueen’s plan – he wanted you to feel breathless, shocked and full of emotion watching his show.

When you pulled back the curtain backstage at his show you never knew what was going to happen, but you always knew it was going to be something out of this world. Our crew was at his last show in Paris on October 6, 2009 and were one of the lucky few that were invited to shoot backstage.

Alexander McQueen’s Last Paris Show

By: Karen Morrison on Feb 13, 2010, 10:10

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Alexander McQueen liked blowing people’s minds. His fashion shows were a cinematic visual feast, an explosion of beauty and fashion, technology and art. We were one of the only crews allowed backstage at his last show in Paris in October 6, 2009. The show called Plato’s Atlantis was inspired by Darwin’s theory of evolution and the show was streamed live on Nick Knight’s Showstudio.com. His final Paris fashion show for Spring 2010 really captures everything that Alexander McQueen was about. He was a fearless visionary who wasn’t afraid to take risks, and knew that looking forward to the future is what fashion is really all about. Alexander Lee McQueen died tragically on Thursday, February 11, 2010. The world of fashion will never be the same without him.

Alexander McQueen Found Dead

By: Team MODTV on Feb 11, 2010, 10:56

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According to the Daily Mail, Alexander McQueen was found dead in his London home today, the result of an apparent suicide.

According to BBC News, paramedics called to his home in Mayfair pronounced him dead at the scene. Police said his death was not being treated as suspicious. According to the Daily Mail the celebrated designer had been depressed since the death of his beloved mother Joyce on February 2nd.

A statement released by Alexander McQueen’s London office, referring to the designer by his given first name, Lee – read:

“On behalf of Lee McQueen’s family, Alexander McQueen today announces the tragic news that Lee McQueen, the founder and designer of the Alexander McQueen brand has been found dead at his home. At this stage it is inappropriate to comment on this tragic news beyond saying that we are devastated and are sharing a sense of shock and grief with Lee’s family. Lee’s family has asked for privacy in order to come to terms with this terrible news and we hope the media will respect this.”