McQueen : The Long Lost Tapes
by Gary Wallis
Exclusively Live Streamed on Fashion Scout Digital
Gary Wallis's film, McQueen : The Long Lost Tapes is an edit of black and white Super 8 footage that Wallis shot for McQueen in 1993 & 1994, around the time of the designer’s first show at Cafe de Paris. The film was shot to promote the designer for an upcoming event in New York.
Whilst the footage was lost for many years, there was a big push to recover this lost footage in time for the McQueen documentary by Ian Bonhote and Peter Ettedgui. Unfortunately the tape was not actually recovered until the day after the UK premier of the McQueen Documentary. This archive footage was edited to accompany the limited edition DVD of the McQueen Documentary upon its release and has never been seen by the public.
McQueen : The Long Lost Tapes will be live streamed one time only
Exclusively on Fashion Scout Digital at 16:00 Sunday 21st February 2021.
‘McQueen Backstage - The Early Shows ’
The first book from Big Smile Publishing, ‘Archive: McQueen: Backstage — The Early Shows’, was launched on 3rd March 2015 at The Proud Gallery, Chelsea, marking the fifth anniversary of McQueen’s untimely death. Big Smile is thrilled to be publishing this debut book from Gary Wallis, renowned British photographer and Big Smile founder, with an exhibition of select and never seen before images. Photographer Gary Wallis first met Lee McQueen, later known as Alexander McQueen, while they were both studying at Central Saint Martins. Their long term collaboration began when Lee asked Gary to shoot his MA graduation collection ‘Jack the Ripper Stalks His Victims’. The images of this legendary show may now be lost forever.
The pair did not see each other again until shortly before McQueen’s ‘Banshee’ collection at Café de Paris. Lee requested he make a short ‘home movie’ including the show backstage plus take pictures. For McQueen’s next four shows ‘The Birds’, ‘Highland Rape’, ‘The Hunger’ and ‘Dante’, Wallis was given backstage access to take pictures. This mainly unseen library has been hidden away in filing cabinets for 20 years until now, being published as the first in an ‘archive’ series by Big Smile Publishing. Wallis’ images provide a true insider’s view into a rare moment in time, as McQueen pushed the boundaries of convention and rose up to be the rebel king of British fashion.
This intimate collection, published as a beautiful litho printed hardback, is a must have for any discerning lover of McQueen and fashion alike.