Alexander McQueen: Unseen

'Fairer's vibrant, behind-the-scenes snaps [give] a fresh perspective on the work of one of fashion's most celebrated talents' - Vogue UK 'Intimate meditation' - Vanity Fair 'An immense and intense monograph of unparalleled beauty' - iD 'A unique insight into the strange, brilliant world of Alexander McQueen' - Daily Telegraph 'Everything from robots to snow machines to rain on the catwalk, [Robert Fairer] gathers those moments, along with all the madness backstage' - W magazine 'Provides a glimpse of a true original at work' - Harrods Magazine 'Provides a privileged view into one of the most original, forward-thinking and prolific designers in the history of fashion' - Fad Magazine 'Expect lots of drama and flair' - RedOnline

British photographer Robert Fairer worked exclusively for American Vogue behind the scenes for over a decade. Beginning his career at British Elle in the mid 1990s, then Harpers Bazaar USA and finally at American Vogue, he covered the fashion zeitgeist of supermodel, designer and fashion excess from 1993-2011.His backstage archive has been published in three monographs, Alexander McQueen Unseen, John Galliano Unseen, and Marc Jacobs Unseen by Thames & Hudson, Yale University Press, Schirmer Mosel and Abrams. Roberts work is published in The New York Times, Vogue, Harpers Bazaar, i-D Magazine, and Visionaire, as well as fashion, portrait and lifestyle books, and anthologies. Robert continues to document the fashionable elite and collaborate with his editors and clients in uncharted fashion domains.

Preface: Sally Singer Introduction: Claire Wilcox Essay: Robert Fairer Nihilism Highland Rape The Hunger Dante Bellmer La Poupe It's a Jungle Out There Untitled Joan No.13 The Overlook Eye What a Merry Go Round The Dance of the Twisted Bull Supercalifragilisticexpialidocious Irere Scanners Deliverance Pantheon ad Lucem Black It's Only a Game The Man Who New Too Much Neptune The Windows of Culloden Sarabande In Memory of Elizabeth Howe, Salem, 1692 La Dame Bleue The Girl Who Lived in the Tree Natural Dis-tinction, Un-natural Selection The Horn of Plenty Plato's Atlantis Notes on the Collections Credits Acknowledgements Index