Alexander McQueen decamped to the Royal College of Surgeons of England to parade its spring collection, a treatise on precision tailoring spliced together with Kabuki patterns.
The wavy motifs, which occasionally brought to mind Henri Matisse cutouts, the subject of a blockbuster show at the Tate Modern — were splashed across pristine white suits, loose turtlenecks, shirts and boxy coats. The look was bold and not for the squeamish.
The collection had a youthful, streetwise edge, and the elongated silhouette — an emerging trend at the London shows — was heightened by Frankenstein-esque nurse shoes.
