The Dance of the Twisted Bull is the nineteenth collection by British designer Alexander McQueen (pictured), made for the Spring/Summer 2002 season of his fashion house. It was inspired by Spanish culture and art, especially flamenco and bullfighting. Its sharp tailoring emphasises femininity and sexuality. It is McQueen's first collection after leaving Givenchy and the sale of his company to the Gucci Group in 2001. The runway show was staged during Paris Fashion Week in 2001 at the headquarters of Stade Français. It was simple compared to previous shows, and the designs were commercial and intended to drive sales for his first season under Gucci. The collection's sales were reportedly strong. Twisted Bull was received mostly positively, especially by British journalists; American writers were less impressed, particularly with the dressmaking. Dresses from the collection appeared in retrospective exhibitions: in the 2011 and 2015 stagings of Alexander McQueen: Savage Beauty, and in 2022.
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_______________________________ Today's selected anniversaries:
1918:
An explosion in the ammunition magazine of the Japanese battleship Kawachi resulted in the deaths of more than 600 officers and crewmen. https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Japanese_battleship_Kawachi
1963:
Sixteen-year-old Pauline Reade, the first victim of serial killers Ian Brady and Myra Hindley, disappeared in Gorton, England. https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Moors_murders
1979:
Rowdy fans at Comiskey Park in Chicago stormed the field during a Major League Baseball promotional event at which a crate of disco records was blown up. https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Disco_Demolition_Night
2006:
Hezbollah forces crossed the Israel–Lebanon border and attacked Israeli military positions while firing rockets and mortars at Israeli towns, sparking a five-week war. https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/2006_Hezbollah_cross-border_raid
_____________________________ Wiktionary's word of the day:
heliotrope: 1. (countable, botany, also figuratively) A plant with flowers which turn to face and follow the sun, such as (archaic) marigolds and sunflowers. 2. (specifically) A plant of the genus Heliotropium, especially the common heliotrope (Heliotropium arborescens) which has clusters of purple flowers with a strong fragrance. 3. With a qualifying word: any of various plants resembling those of the genus Heliotropium. 4. (uncountable) The fragrance of Heliotropium arborescens flowers, or a scent resembling this fragrance. 5. (uncountable, color) A light purple or violet colour like that of Heliotropium arborescens flowers. heliotrope: 6. (countable) An instrument that uses a mirror to reflect sunlight for purposes such as signalling, or (surveying) triangulation (where the reflected light is detected by another surveyor positioned some distance away). 7. (countable, historical) An ancient type of sundial consisting of a bowl with a perpendicular gnomon mounted in the centre. 8. (countable, uncountable, mineralogy) Synonym of bloodstone (“a green chalcedony that is sprinkled with red spots or veins of hematite”) 9. Of a light purple or violet colour like that of Heliotropium arborescens flowers. https://en.wiktionary.org/wiki/heliotrope
___________________________ Wikiquote quote of the day:
Do the day's work well and not to bother about tomorrow. You may say that is not a satisfactory ideal. It is; and there is not one which the student can carry with him into practice with greater effect. To it more than anything else I owe whatever success I have had — to this power of settling down to the day's work and trying to do it well to the best of my ability, and letting the future take care of itself. --William Osler https://en.wikiquote.org/wiki/William_Osler