An Homage to Aestheticism at Alexander McQueen

“It’s Oscar Wilde, it’s military, it’s dandy, it’s aristocratic, it’s romantic,” says Sarah Burton of her Autumn/Winter 2017 men’s collection for Alexander McQueen. “And linking to women’s there’s a femininity, and a softness to it as well as a masculinity.” Although this is an open homage, it is far from pastiche: Wilde’s famous green carnation has been replaced by an embroidered red iris; his overblown dress shirts and overcoats come discreetly…