The dress was created for alexander mcqueen s spring summer 2003 collection and was tracked down at beverly hills store lily et cie which focuses on archival designer fashion.
Alexander mcqueen oyster dress price.
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Alexander mcqueen s official website describes irere as a fragile and feminine collection.
And the collection told the story of.
From the famed 2003 collection of pirates and parrots it is the famous oyster dress which stole the show and our hearts and whirled the world into mcqueen s unique sense of melancholy beauty.
A number of gowns in alexander mcqueen s irere collection of spring summer 2003 appear to be poetic renderings of a disaster at sea.
The photograph above by peter lindbergh shows russian model natalia vodianova wearing the oyster dress from alexander mcqueen s 2003 spring summer collection irere for harpers bazaar s in a photo editorial called the age of innocence published in the united states in march 2003.
Look 15 of the show featured this blouse layered under an 18th century style waistcoat with leather britches.