The internet sometimes feels like it's been around forever - you can find just about anything and everything on here - but it's been hard to find pre-internet fashion shows online. The shows weren't built for them, it was a stills-only world, with the focus on the clothes rather than the brand.
Watching them now they feel pretty amateur (McQueen was just starting out in the mid-90s so of course it was a lot more amateur than it very quickly became) - but his shows represent more than just him. They represent that very specific time and it's interesting to look at them now and use them as a guage for how very quickly the fashion world has changed and become such big business. The heels and the stakes are much much higher, the pressure and the demand greater.
It was a joy and a sorrow to finally watch this show, a show McQueen dedicated to his late friend Isabella Blow. It's a piece of art; heart-breaking, joyful, haunting and so so beautiful. I'm sorry his talent is gone.
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