Alexander McQueen has not only been labeled the hooligan and the enfant terrible of English fashion, he has also been known as the bad boy of the fashion world. Controversies often followed his collections and fashion shows, it was almost like he was drawn to fashion disputes. The “highland rape” fashion collection and the “bumster” pants are just two examples in this regard.

In particular, people were in a state of shock after Alexander McQueen’s models paraded the low-rise pants that partially exposed their buttocks, which was a famous happening in one of his earliest shows that featured the “bumster” pants. A new word was actually coined to refer to the exposed area of the buttock, namely the term “bum cleavage”. The “bumsters” came out in 1992, and initially they were only worn by a small group of builders in London. However, this created a trend in low-rise jeans which is now everywhere. Just travel to any world metropolis, and you are bound to see “bumster” pants virtually everywhere.

It would not be an overstatement to say that McQueen had a habit of shocking his audiences by coming up with fashion shows that were at times repulsive and disturbing. However, the shows could also be enchanting and bizarre. The 1995 fall collection will be particularly remembered as it featured models wearing torn clothes with pieces of them hanging down, a style that become known as “highland rape”. The models actually looked perplexed and their hair in disarray as if abused and assaulted. Alexander McQueen actually had a purpose with this show, which was to show the havoc that England brought to Scotland.

Of the “highland rape” collection and the “bumster” pants are just a couple of examples of how Alexander McQueen shocked the world of fashion. Unfortunately his early death means that we will never know what he could have come up with next.

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