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After the storm of Highland Rape, McQueen earned the closing slot of London Fashion Week, and he used it for The Hunger. The title came from Tony Scott’s 1983 vampire film, the erotic one with Catherine Deneuve and David Bowie.
Blood red ran through the collection. There were bondage straps, slashed jersey dresses, thorn and feather prints, bumsters and the sharp tailoring he was already known for. Some models walked in plaster casts. Several made rude gestures at the audience, which summed up the mood. It was also the first time he put menswear on a runway.
One piece from this show became part of fashion history: a corset moulded from clear plastic with real worms sealed between its layers, worn under a grey jacket lined in red. McQueen put it together two hours before the show. It is beautiful and disgusting at the same time, and that tension is everything he was about. The silver jewellery at the hips was by Shaun Leane, another long partnership beginning.
The Hunger is usually ranked below the shows on either side of it, and it is a little scattered. But the worm corset alone earns it a place in the story.
Pictures courtesy of Vogue Runway
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