By Alexander McQueen
Located in Berlin, BE
A stunning object with the mood of a Victorian curiosity cabinet, this Alexander McQueen leather pouch / phone - pouch turns utility into dark romance. Cut in structured black textured leather and suspended from a silver chain, it has the proportions of a modern small bag to be used for wallet or phone or lipstick, yet the attitude of a talisman: part accessory, part amulet, part gothic keepsake. Across the surface, McQueen’s familiar language of beauty and mortality unfolds in miniature. A cobalt dragonfly gleams like a jewel against the black ground, while the butterfly motif below reveals a skull-like apparition within its wings: delicate, macabre, unmistakably McQueen. The flash of scarlet lining gives the piece a private, almost anatomical intensity, as though the darkness has been opened to reveal something vividly alive.
Rich in symbolism, it belongs to that McQueen universe where nature is never merely pretty: insects become omens, decoration becomes drama, and luxury carries a faint, thrilling sense of danger. Alexander McQueen “Obsession...
Category
2010s Italian Evening Bags and Minaudières