How Do You Make That?: The Alexander McQueen Episode
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- เผยแพร่เมื่อ 4 ต.ค. 2024
- I knew y'all would request some McQueen pieces for this series! Here we go! Not full patternmaking lessons, but a breakdown of elements and techniques so you can figure out How Do You Make That?
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Please make this a series. I would love to see more 🖤
I like how you are explaining what we are looking at. I May have stared at it for centuries and come to a wrong conclusion. Thank you Zoe
You're welcome!
I always wondered how they make these extravagant pieces
Lot of handwork and lots of mistakes
What I find very impressive about most of these couture/demi-couture showpieces is how, despite their visual complexity, their base shapes are very simple. Obviously, there's the final dress shown here (from Fall'06) which was a simple trumpet dress. Part of me thinks that the veil could be a separate piece from the dress.
The Oyster dress from Spring'03 has a very similar base shape, but the bodice and the flounce placement is very different.
The closing dress from Spring'01 is a dropwaist ballgown. The bodice is made out of glass medical slides painted red and I imagine that there a stiff underskirt that the feathers are anchored onto.
The closing dress from Fall'98 was simple bodysuit with a full head covering the with what looks like metallic fringe.
I have so many McQueen questions. After studying this video I have even more😅
Some vintage Thierry Mugler jackets / Vivienne Westwood corsetry analysis would be EVERYTHING. 🔥
Please continue this series 😊😊😊
Thank you Zoe! And thanks fellow 'Hookers.' McQueen was definitely first on my list. I'm sure that first dress is a poly taffeta, as most of her clothes in taffetas and satins are 100% polyester, and I'm always making comments on social for her to stop selling plastic clothes. In the demonstration video they released for the massive gathered rose dress in taffeta, she said there were a few pieces of boning to keep the neck up, so I'm guessing they used that here as well.
Hmm, what a pity. I'm not totally against polyester, but only when it's truly the one option, like sport performance fabrics, but this ain't it. Dang.
how can you wear something like that in public? how can someone layer a coat over top that shoulder protrusion mess of gathers? my opinion only! do not come for me.
I'm not against polyester or synthetic fabrics, if used wisely. It's definitely hurting our environment, yes. But when luxury houses use it, it's intended to achieve something no organic fabric can achieve. A good example is the first dress: to achieve that stiffness in texture could not have been done through silk or an organic compound alone while maintaining a silky shine. It's very unlikely, as it is a runway McQueen piece, that dress will be disposed of in a landfill. As a designer, I appreciate the ability to create without having be limited in my options.
I think the issue is mass production and synthetic fibres. Plastic, believe it or not, was once a luxury item only the finest houses had access to (early Shiapararelli is a good example, as she was the first to utilise plastic zippers).
That's just my argument/perspective on the other side. I do understand the harm of synthetic fibres in the environment 😁 I just wished to give you a perspective when synthetic fibres are used in luxury/designer goods, it's pretty harmless and will likely achieve artistic value ordinary fibres could not
Have there been improvements in the polyester fabrics? I think so but they still always have a negative.
@@christopherfeatherley I know all about Schiaparelli, thank you. She didn't know the environmental cost of plastics, nor the extremely short lifespan compared to natural materials. Many of those early creations are denaturing and turning to dust in museum archives. As for the ability to do things natural materials can't, there are options. Silk triple organza is extremely stiff, for example, and very light weight. I'll include a link to a great video on a Dior piece. Furthermore, there is no need for it to be 100% polyester. That dress could be made of silk, with some poly horsehair inserted where necessary. th-cam.com/video/GVMyOvHxtwY/w-d-xo.html
Ooh! Love this series
Thanks!
This was so interesting, would love to see more videos like this one ✨
CORSETSSSSS! Please make corset videos about construction and fitting misconceptions, you know like a good corset is comfortable and not deadly as said by some.
I dove down here in the comments to say the same thing 😂❤
@@thinkuthink That's it! its has to happen
I've been so excited for this video. Didn't disappoint. Thanks for teaching us!🥰🙏
You're welcome!
I’m watching and rewatching this for the week. It’s sooooo good
I’d love to hear you talk about corsets. I’d like to hear the different ways we can use corset technicalities to tailor our clothing
Boy.. oh Momma did this make my day! 😂❤ DEFINITELY wanna know how they put together the corset under-structure. I find this kind of intentional shaping/sculpting of the body beneath the surface of the dress fascinating😅 Thank you Zoe!
You're welcome!
This has been one of my favourite videos by you, I love analyzing how something was made and to have someone as educated as you explain it was just a dream🥰 I really learned a lot!
What a gifted explainer! That's a word right? Love your videos ❤
Explainer is often how I describe myself! Thanks!
I’m glad I’m not the only one that messaged you about McQueen dresses lmao love your work Zoe , helping me w my career ♥️
Zoe, You are great at explaining. I'm just a beginner sewing person - love fashion - I'm a nurse...............so appreciate your help............It's a hobby
for me - sewing and fabrics.
more videos like this would be best thing to watch on youtube😍😍😍
Thank you so much for your very detailed description and breakdown of these exquisite designs. All made perfect sense from your drawings/explanations. I’ve learned so much from you, Zoe. Thank you! Sending best wishes from Down Under 🥰💐🌸🌺😎🇦🇺
You're welcome!
This exercise is really helpful in thinking through how a garment is structured.
Zoe Zoe Zoe. I just discovered you are making this series and Im so incredibly excited!
Wow wow wow....what a great cid man. I was able to follow your logic with the jean jacket. It excites me man. I love your work.
Ms. Zoe, wonderful class!!!
Thank you. You are an amazing teacher! 🌺🤗🌺
Love this analysis, very insightful.
Thanks!
u rock Zoe! anything you do on mcqueen i will watch!!! would also love gaultier's pink corset he made for madonna's blond ambition tour!!!
I LOVE this video format and topic. I could listen to this for HOURS. I'm a fashion teacher as well and this is great to do as a mental exercise alongside you!
Yes yes and yes!!! Love this series, please keep it going! Love your analysis and breakdown of all the looks!
Love watching this type of video! The corset idea is a good one too
Thank you for this video and your detailed explanation!
You're welcome!
OMG, love it! Thank you for making this video Zoe Hong, so many times one sees all these great designs on the runway and more often than not one can get overwehlmed trying to figure out how it was done. I think it will be great if in Design schools the teachers could do what you have done here of having students pick pieces from the most recent collections and go at it. However unfortunately teachers have to follow a schedule but it will be nice if it could be done(time consuming I know). Thank you Zoe Hong for all the fantastic content you share with us all in this great channel of yours!
I can"t wait to see more of these!
I remember a friend with a little extra cash went to the "hop" In 1962. Some of the higher end fancy dresses featured a rounded pulled under hem and they called the bottom a tulip style. I never spent money for designers myself but I have been watching fashions my whole life and I love sewing terms and fabric terms for some reason and you know it all.
Tulip skirts are rounded but they do not bubble at the hem. They quite literally look like upside down tulips.
The Alexander McQueen rainbow butterfly wing print dress is a dream!
Please do more of these!!!
What a great video, I really enjoyed watching this :) Thank you so much for taking the time to share your valuable insights and knowledge like this, it is very much appreciated. Would love to see more like this, please :)
Thank you and you're welcome!
I LUVED This!! Please do more How Do You Make That!!!
Thanks!
You don’t know how helpful u are
Its crazy how refined her technique is. She was started drawing the dress from the bottom to top, free handing that bad girl and the fashion sketches proportions were perf. Like what, no second guessing either
Thank you!
It was very interesting and very helpful! Thank you so much for this new series, I can't wait to see what's next! Much love 💕✨
You're welcome!
Super appreciate this series! Im learning a lot!:)
I want more about Alexander McQueen like more more more morrre 😍😍
❤❤❤❤I already love this series so much ❤❤❤❤❤thanks zoe ❤❤
You're welcome!
thank you, ive been looking for videos like this so bad
You're welcome!
Zoe killin' it again! I definitely learned quite a bit from this!
Thanks!
love this video!! so informative thank you
You're welcome!
LOVE this Zoe, thank you :)
You're welcome!
Learned so much thank you!!
You're welcome!
You are a gift. Thank you.
this was amazing, please keep going
So great! Thanks! Love the last neck technique ❤
awesome video! Thanks Zoe!!!!
Keep doing this series please. I love it!
HOOKERS UNITE! Omg that threw me out! I love you so much! 😂
HOOKERS UNITE! Hahahaha
This Is Sooo Fun My Sewing Angles Sent you to me "You Do You Boo Boo'" lol thank you for the laugh Boo Boo
Super fun, thank you so much!!!
Would love a video on corsets!
Yessssss, thank u so much!!
You're welcome!
Love this series can’t wait until the next one!!
Thank you for the valuable content ❤ would love to see more of this, maybe with more complex corsetry
Please do one on corsets! Especially the ones that are like the 90s runaway ones :)
Love this video! ❤
Thanks so much!❤️❤️❤️
Fun video thanks!!
Ooh, I’m curious about how corsets can be used as the under structure for fitted bodices, but without the lines of the bones and edges showing through the outer fabric. Is it fabric choice? Clever placement of the bones and edges?
I liked before I watched
The good thing is, as i holding the pleat face mask i immediately remember this cacoon sleeve pattern
haahahahahhaha
Here to +1 all the requests for videos on the corset understructure!
You killed me off with "you hookahs," #Dead🤣
They use organza doubled with the tafetta
Got a suggestion. Could you do a series on Noir Kei Ninomiya and/or even Comme Des Garcons
i’m obsessed w this series!! appreciate that you make this for free for us 🫶🏼
The swan by Charles James!
Would you consider a video/series on using metal in fashion designs? I was thinking about what if someone sent you Mugler's iconic metal pieces or new work by Schiaparelli for this series and that got me to thinking about how you would talk about designing/incorporating/manipulating metal for clothing?
No, I have no experience in metal work.
@@zoehongteaches Consider discussing metals via fashion history, famous outfits, metallic trends, designers known for using metal (Mugler, Paco Rabanne, etc.), sketch a look, and maybe do a metal mood board.
So McQueen uses a lot of poly faille for the structured body frilly type of clothes.
On the lace dress ruffles are made from usual lace, I mean with ornament on one edge and plain tulle on the other so it is impossible to cut it from circle. It is usuall lace ribbon. They could have done it on circle cut with applique technique but thats too much of work
you're the Queen
Zoe, me again.............just a thought maybe you could show us how to do ruching in skirts or blouses?.....................Jan
Check out my How to Create Volume video.
Can u make Cinderella gown design by sandy Powell
Could you do the pagan poetry Bjork dress?🥺
Should I go for menswear or ethnic wear for higher studies ??
Good morning Zoe 🫶 please do Y-project next 🥹
I only pick pieces from viewer submissions.
I wanna submit some Dior 05 but not sure how u gonna feel about that era .. some of those pieces thou are puzzles
Yeah, an other video from Zoe . The last one was from a HONG time ago
Not that long, of course ❤
hahahahahaahha
omg, yes
you so goated
Please do this for Dior by John Galliano pieces 😭🙏🏻
Procrastinating ironing my shirt pieces...
I GASPED AT THE THUMBNAIL
Hello Zoe. Is this class gonna be exclusive on your patreon? Or will be available on youtube?
The How Do You Make That series will live here on the channel but my pattern making class is only on patreon. patreon.com/zoehong
hi does your pattern making class discuss drafting for plus sizes?
Not yet, but have plans in the future for it.
¿Dónde puedo ver esas fotos con tanto detalle?
After you move all the darts to the neck in Oder to create the gathering … how do you add MORE fabric for even more gathering… slash and spread won’t work will it ?
Yes, you can slash and spread even more. You can open it up and slash into the center front if you want more gathers there, or slash into the neck on the other side of the dart if you prefer.
Won’t slashing and spreading it into the center front prevent it from being a cut on fold? and won’t you end up with a center front seam? Is there a way to add more fabric / gathers just in that area above the apex of the bust without having a center front seam and keeping it as a cut on fold ???
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The fabric is a poly faille.
i used to love alexander mcqueen. my tastes have changed since then. i blame mcqueen for every tacky and unwearable, "avant garde" student collection. all that volume looks great on the runway, but not in real life.