RIP McQueen

I'm sure the news has reached mostly everyone, but if not, this morning, the fashion world suffered a terrible loss. After serving many years at Givenchy and then branching off on his own, Alexander McQueen took his own life. While this is an incredible tragedy, it's moved everyone from Anna Wintour to other bloggers just like me. While I'm not a great fan of Alexander McQueen, I do appreciate what he has done for fashion and design. McQueen was the avant garde designer of our time -- there are others, sure, but McQueen reached the mainstream and made that kind of over-the-top design accessible to the public.

With the passing of such a designer, it's interesting to see where New York Fashion Week will progress. Rumor has it most of the "importants" are going to leave NYFW early to ship off to London, pay respects to McQueen, and then stay for London Fashion Week. While that seems kind of harsh, it's apparent this season that NO ONE even shows in New York anymore (or at least this season). I'm just curious as to who's going to show up at Marc Jacobs & Ralph Lauren.

But not to overshadow, I do hope and pray that Alexander McQueen may rest in peace.