AN IVORY SILK TULLE EMPIRE LINE GOWN AND DAPHNE GUINNESS, A PHOTOGRAPH BY MAT COLLISHAW (B. 1966)
AN IVORY SILK TULLE EMPIRE LINE GOWN AND DAPHNE GUINNESS, A PHOTOGRAPH BY MAT COLLISHAW (B. 1966)
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AN IVORY SILK TULLE EMPIRE LINE GOWN AND DAPHNE GUINNESS, A PHOTOGRAPH BY MAT COLLISHAW (B. 1966)

'THE GIRL WHO LIVED IN THE TREE', ALEXANDER MCQUEEN, AUTUMN/WINTER 2008-9, AND THE PHOTOGRAPH FOR HARPER'S BAZAAR UK, 2012

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AN IVORY SILK TULLE EMPIRE LINE GOWN AND DAPHNE GUINNESS, A PHOTOGRAPH BY MAT COLLISHAW (B. 1966)
'THE GIRL WHO LIVED IN THE TREE', ALEXANDER MCQUEEN, AUTUMN/WINTER 2008-9, AND THE PHOTOGRAPH FOR HARPER'S BAZAAR UK, 2012
The gown with bodice embellished with silver paste and glass beads, with layered sleeves and skirts
Continental size 38
Labelled 'ALEXANDER MCQUEEN'

Photograph:
Unique chromogenic print
Signed in pen, recto
Image/sheet 16½ x 12 in. (42 x 31.4 cm.) (2)
Literature
Alexander McQueen: Savage Beauty, Andrew Bolton, 2011, Yale University Press, New Haven and London, pp. 120.
Exhibited
The gown exhibited at The Fashion Institute of Technology, Daphne Guinness, September 16th 2011-January 7th 2012.

Lot Essay

This gown has been worn by Daphne on a number of shoots, notably when Bryan Adams shot her for Harpers Bazaar, as well as a recent Harpers shoot by Mat Collishaw. Although reluctant to part with it, she wanted to include a piece by McQueen in the sale and always thought it would make a most spectacular wedding dress.

McQueen's collection from which this gown comes, was inspired by a six hundred year old elm tree in his garden and a story he imagined about a girl emerging from the tree to meet a prince.

See the Metropolitan Museum for a similar gown from the same collection in black silk and leather.

The dress in this lot is worn by Daphne Guinness in the accompanying photograph. It is one of a series of four photographs shot by Mat Collishaw for Harper's Bazaar UK, June 2012.

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