Alexander McQueen Fall 2011 Men’s Collection

Creative director Sarah Burton gave them new verve in a sure-handed collection that spanned regimental and military dress through to Savile Row – with a few longshoremen and travelling salesman between them. Beefy military greatcoats, some with dramatic shearling collars, had a spine-straightening dignity. Colors were mostly standard issue, with bold shots of red and amber. Trompe l’oeil photo prints and the odd slashed shoulder on a pinstriped frock coat added a frisson of McQueen perversity the Spring/Summer 2011 Collection was also very eye catching.

The face of each model was such a complement to the clothes he was wearing that the English quintessence of the collection was strikingly reinforced the 2011 menswear collection was really very great.

The genetic blessing of bone structure and Guido Palau’s spic-and-span public schoolboy hair had something to do with the effect, but ultimately, it was Sarah Burton’s clothes that enabled the models to communicate a sweep of English man style.