Last night London’s Victoria & Albert Museum opened “Savage Beauty,” a tribute to the work of renegade fashion designer Alexander McQueen, and the British fashion celebrities were out in droves. Kate Moss, Princess Beatrice, Naomi Campbell, Poppy Delavingne, each in lovely elaborate McQueen ensembles, paying homage to the G.
But if anyone embodied the spirit of the exhibit—and McQueen’s fundamental MO, in general—it was FKA twigs, lovely and perfect as a South American scarlet macaw in McQueen’s Spring 2008 showstopper chiffon gown, first shown in Paris in a feathery collection he made in memory of his late mentor, Isabella Blow. Twigs performed later in the evening, probably the best musician out there to do so; you can imagine the late McQueen appreciating her raw creativity and hunger for experimentation. Take it all in: