“Everything I do is based on tailoring,” reads a bit of redundant wall text at Savage Beauty, the Metropolitan Museum of Art’s exhibition of the late Alexander McQueen (through July 31). It’s among the first quotes visitors see, but given the immediate appeal of wearing the works on display it’s entirely unnecessary.
This is true of majority of the show, which despite a series of curatorial missteps, never dampens the voice of the artist.
