More than two decades after the brand's namesake designer showcased his Fall/Winter 1999 collection in New York City, Creative Director Sarah Burton returned to debut Alexander McQueen's latest collection.

On a breezy night in New York City, everyone from Gossip Girl's Evan Mock to Black Panther actresses Danai Gurira and Letitia Wright arrived at the Brooklyn Navy Yard to attend Alexander McQueen's Fall/Winter 2022 show.
While the brand calls London home, N.Y.C. has been a part of the House's history since the mid '90s, something that Creative Director Sarah Burton says played a special role in this collection. Said the designer, "I am so happy to be back in New York, a city that has always been close to our hearts. We showed the Dante collection here in 1996, and then came again with Eye in the autumn of 1999. It is part of our community, a place that has always welcomed us, and this season I want to honour that."

Burton has often looked to nature as the foundation for her designs&mdash;a concept that seems foreign to the show's staging in a plant-barren shipyard&mdash;but this season, she found a compelling muse in fungus&mdash;specifically mycelium, a colonizing specimen that spreads in branches.
"This collection is inspired by that idea of community, and specifically by mycelium, by the reality of nature as a community that is far, far older than we are. Mycelium connects even the rooftop of the tallest skyscraper to the plants, to the grass, to the ground, to animals and to human beings. Mycelium has the most profound, interconnecting power, relaying messages through a magical underground structure, allowing trees to reach out to each other when either they or their young need help or are sick."
However, mycelium, as Burton explains, is a metaphor for human connection and community. "We exist as single, individual entities on one level, but we are far more powerful connected to each other, to our families, to our friends, to our community. Given everything that has happened over the past two years, that seems more important than ever. As a community we are infinitely more able to restore, reinvent, rejuvenate &ndash; heal."

20 years later, Alexander McQueen returns to New York City

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