Fashion genius Gary James McQueen is set to display his collection of made-to-order silk scarves at Scoop, which will be held at London’s Saatchi Gallery from February 10-12, 2019. Recognised by designers, fashion buyers, and industry experts as the UK’s leading fashion trade show, Scoop is an exclusive edit of sought-after fashion collections.
Channelling the fashion genius of his late uncle Lee Alexander McQueen, McQueen is primarily known for his exquisite range of silk printed scarves which draw inspiration from, and pay tribute to, his experience working alongside his uncle.Fashion genius Gary James McQueen is set to display his collection of made-to-order silk scarves at Scoop, which will be held at London's Saatchi Gallery from February 10-12, 2019. Recognised by designers, fashion buyers, and industry experts as the UK's leading fashion trade show, Scoop is an exclusive edit of sought-after fashion collections.#
McQueen will present his collection and an artistic installation featuring his iconic artwork during Scoop in The Flower Tree Gallery on the second floor of the Saatchi Gallery. McQueen will be discussing his career with Caryn Franklin MBE and revealing the inspiration behind his collection to buyers and retailers in attendance, according to a press release on the show.
McQueen worked at his uncle’s side creating innovative digital textile prints as head of menswear textiles for the McQueen atelier during its most iconic period. Now a celebrated digital artist, he is an emerging visionary at the head of the Fourth Industrial Revolution (4IR) where new technologies and physical, digital, and biological worlds collide.
The digital artwork showcased as a limited edition of silk scarves is produced for Anderson and Sheppard, as an example of a pioneering creativity. In true artisan style, McQueen orchestrated all processes for the scarf design himself, from complex idea to lenticular photographic image of digitally-tweaked bodies.
From gallery artworks to clothing and soft furnishings for interiors, whether luxury silk kimonos and scarves to a hologram of the Sistine Chapel for a ceiling feature, the McQueen process allows for limitless application. McQueen is currently working on a new process using digitally sculpted images for textile prints which feature the bright blue Indian god, Shiva, and winged female gorgon, Medusa, from Greek mythology by way of late 19th century marine biologist and professor, Ernst Haeckel.
McQueen is a collaborative and pioneering force, creating a fusion of art, fashion, and cutting-edge technology, acknowledged by magazines such as i-D, Watt’s What, Perfect Bound and leaders such as Mathew Drinkwater, head of fashion innovation at London College of Fashion. He consulted and appeared in the recent BAFTA nominated McQueen film and is currently working on a project with Fabergé. (GK)
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