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Alexander McQueen's Final Collection Presented In Paris (PHOTOS, VIDEO)

First Posted: 05/09/2010 5:12 am Updated: 05/25/2011 3:45 pm

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Alexander McQueen's final collection was presented as part of Paris Fashion Week on Tuesday. Robert Polet, chairman and chief executive officer at Gucci Group, told WWD: "It was a very moving experience to take a deep and serious look at his last collection. It showed Lee's unique talent to create pieces of beauty that touch many of your senses, leaving one enriched....Although the sense of loss afterwards, I found overwhelming."

The collection, inspired by the Old Masters of painting, was rich and filled with color and texture. All the patterns were cut by McQueen before he died by suicide on February 11th. "Each piece is unique, as was he," McQueen's fashion house said in a statement that was released with the collection. "It was all inspired and developed and all patterns were cut by Lee," Alexander McQueen Chief Executive Jonathan Akeroyd told Reuters. "It was well under way and the development was very much in final stages, so it was just about carrying on finishing the pieces," he said after the show. "We had four weeks to finish his work."

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Photos from Tom & Lorenzo via Catwalking.

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12:39 PM on 03/12/2010
STUNNING!!! RIP McQueen!
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Level7
Not the book
11:27 PM on 03/11/2010
Bloody brilliant. This is breathtaking. He is missed.
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DnDCfromChi-town
09:21 PM on 03/11/2010
Beautiful colors!
06:21 PM on 03/11/2010
Stunning! A Master of the craft. RIP.
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jkredwine
and all this is folly to the world
03:57 PM on 03/11/2010
the world is worse off without the inspiring talent that is alexander mcqueen. his final collection is perfection.
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washlib
11:25 AM on 03/11/2010
wowie, his final crowning collection.

Magnificent, incredible beauty.

The fashion world is a colder, duller place without him.

may he RIP.
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ruchild
08:42 AM on 03/11/2010
Damn Alexander, why? OMG these are breathtaking... it just makes me sad all over again.
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09:40 PM on 03/10/2010
Stunning simply stunning. RIP Mr. McQueen!!!
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08:13 PM on 03/10/2010
Some are costume-y, others, incredible.
04:43 PM on 03/10/2010
Are these the costumes for a new Star Trek movie? Should be.
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obamanation31
12:04 PM on 03/10/2010
These are beautiful! His death is so tragic.
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Michele Himmel
11:21 AM on 03/10/2010
Long dresses are gorgeous. Short ones are very ugly.
11:19 AM on 03/10/2010
I could cry. That red gown and cape is the most magnificent thing I've seen in a very very long time.
Talent like this comes once in a lifetime. Dear Alexander McQueen.
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theredqueen
True friends stab you in the front. Oscar Wilde
10:10 AM on 03/10/2010
Gorgeous.
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inkongirl
09:47 AM on 03/10/2010
Some of those are suitable for royalty. Such a loss. Rest in peace.