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June 30, 2011
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DressAlexander McQueen (British, 1969–2010)Highland Rape, autumn/winter 1995–96Green and bronze cotton/synthetic lacePhotography by Sølve SundsbøIn McQueen’s Words: “[This collection] was a shout against English designers … doing flamboyant Scottish clothes. My father’s family originates from the Isle of Skye, and I’d studied the history of the Scottish upheavals and the Clearances. People were so unintelligent they thought this was about women being raped—yet Highland Rape was about England’s rape of Scotland.”Time Out (London), September 24–October 1, 1997

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Alexander McQueen (British, 1969–2010)
Highland Rape, autumn/winter 1995–96
Green and bronze cotton/synthetic lace
Photography by Sølve Sundsbø

In McQueen’s Words:

“[This collection] was a shout against English designers … doing flamboyant Scottish clothes. My father’s family originates from the Isle of Skye, and I’d studied the history of the Scottish upheavals and the Clearances. People were so unintelligent they thought this was about women being raped—yet Highland Rape was about England’s rape of Scotland.”

Time Out (London), September 24–October 1, 1997

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