{"id":62443,"date":"2023-02-21T11:26:01","date_gmt":"2023-02-21T11:26:01","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.dutyfreehunter.com\/blog\/?p=62443"},"modified":"2023-02-21T11:26:01","modified_gmt":"2023-02-21T11:26:01","slug":"alexander-mcqueens-ss23-collection-aims-to-celebrate-individualism-and-empower-women","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.dutyfreehunter.com\/blog\/alexander-mcqueens-ss23-collection-aims-to-celebrate-individualism-and-empower-women\/","title":{"rendered":"Alexander McQueen&#8217;s SS23 collection aims to celebrate individualism and empower women"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>Alexander McQueen has assembled a lineup of female role models from different backgrounds to feature in the brand\u2019s spring 2023 collection.<\/p>\n<p><!--more--><\/p>\n<p>Supermodel Naomi Campbell, \u201cStranger Things\u201d star Sadie Sink, \u201cGuardian of the Galaxy\u201d actress Pom Klementieff, French singer-songwriter Yseult Onguenet, dancer and actress Mette Towley, and Nyagua Ruea posed in a series of short films and images captured by Jonas \u00c5kerlund.<\/p>\n<p>Each of them is imagined to be posing in front of a location in London, be it the iconic dome of St. Paul\u2019s Cathedral, or an underground car park.<\/p>\n<p>Standout images from the campaign include the one where Sink posing with four mirrors around her, showing different sides of her while wearing a beautiful blue gown from the spring 2023 collection, presented in London last October during the Frieze Art Fair.<\/p>\n<blockquote class=\"twitter-tweet\" data-width=\"550\" data-dnt=\"true\">\n<p lang=\"en\" dir=\"ltr\">.<a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/SadieSink?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">@SadieSink<\/a> in the Spring\/Summer 2023 women\u2019s campaign, celebrating strength and individuality. <\/p>\n<p>Meet the cast of the <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/hashtag\/McQueenSS23?src=hash&amp;ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">#McQueenSS23<\/a> campaign: <a href=\"https:\/\/t.co\/AzERH05xVi\">https:\/\/t.co\/AzERH05xVi<\/a><\/p>\n<p>Directed by Jonas Akerlund <a href=\"https:\/\/t.co\/WvMRUIcQzX\">pic.twitter.com\/WvMRUIcQzX<\/a><\/p>\n<p>&mdash; Alexander McQueen (@McQueen) <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/McQueen\/status\/1626159549924143104?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">February 16, 2023<\/a><\/p><\/blockquote>\n<p><script async src=\"https:\/\/platform.twitter.com\/widgets.js\" charset=\"utf-8\"><\/script><\/p>\n<p>Other striking moments the campaign captured include Campbell standing in front of the street at night wearing a cropped blazer with matching black trousers, and Klementieff sporting a body-con minidress with embroideries of birds, flowers, and fruits on top of a motorcycle with trails of fast-moving car lights as background.<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/www.dutyfreehunter.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/02\/Medium-4x5-1.jpg\"><img data-srcset=\"https:\/\/www.dutyfreehunter.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/02\/Medium-4x5-1.jpg 600w, https:\/\/www.dutyfreehunter.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/02\/Medium-4x5-1-240x300.jpg 240w, https:\/\/www.dutyfreehunter.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/02\/Medium-4x5-1-480x600.jpg 480w\" decoding=\"async\" data-src=\"https:\/\/www.dutyfreehunter.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/02\/Medium-4x5-1.jpg\" class=\"alignnone size-full wp-image-62444 lazyload\" src=\"data:image\/gif;base64,R0lGODlhAQABAIAAAAAAAP\/\/\/yH5BAEAAAAALAAAAAABAAEAAAIBRAA7\" alt=\"\"    sizes=\"(max-width: 600px) 100vw, 600px\" \/><noscript><img decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignnone size-full wp-image-62444\" src=\"https:\/\/www.dutyfreehunter.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/02\/Medium-4x5-1.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"600\" height=\"750\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.dutyfreehunter.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/02\/Medium-4x5-1.jpg 600w, https:\/\/www.dutyfreehunter.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/02\/Medium-4x5-1-240x300.jpg 240w, https:\/\/www.dutyfreehunter.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/02\/Medium-4x5-1-480x600.jpg 480w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 600px) 100vw, 600px\" \/><\/noscript><\/a><\/p>\n<p>The campaign offers a visual extension of Sarah Burton\u2019s study on the human form and how women look and move, in her clothes for the spring 2023 season.<\/p>\n<p>Burton said her aim was to celebrate individualism and empower women. <em>\u201cIt\u2019s not a male gaze,\u201d<\/em> said the designer of her approach. 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