Goodbye to McQueen and Hello to Prada and Schiaparelli

We got very excited about Alexander McQueen's Savage Beauty exhibit leaving the Costume Institute at the New York Metropolitan Museum of Art, mainly because we hoped it would be headed to London. But we didn't think about what it would be replaced with…until now. 

Well, we don't even have to think and let our imaginations run wild with a world of possibility, because the rumour mill has been turning and has done all the guesswork for us. Apparently the next big names to be honoured at the Met will be Elsa Schiaparelli and Miuccia Prada - not a bad followup. 

We're very interested to see how this develops. Schiaparelli's exhibit at the Philiadelphia Museum of Art attracted over 80,000 visitors in 2003, so imagine what injecting a little bit of Prada into the mix will do for audience figures? Watch this space! 

Must-read: Alexander McQueen Savage Beauty the book

For those of you who haven't been to the exhibit at the Met yet, or who live too far away like us (*sniff*), the Savage Beauty book could well be the next best thing. The book, by Andrew Bolton and with contributions from Susannah Frankel and Tim Blanks, acts as an accompaniment to the exhibition. It features some if the most famous and iconic designs made famous by the legend that is the late Lee McQueen, a look back at his career with his own commentary, as well as an interview with the woman of the moment, current Alexander McQueen Creative Director Sarah Burton. A stunning book with 240 pages full of beautiful words and imagery.