Met to extend McQueen exhibition

The Metropolitan Museum of Art is to extend the Alexander McQueen exhibition – due to its popular demand.

With queues frequently spiralling out of the building it will now be open till August 7 – instead of the previous closing date of July 31.

The retrospective exhibition looks back to the designers work, organised into categories – as opposed to when they were created.

They have also decided to open the exhibit on Mondays when the rest of the museum is closed – but this will cost you an extra $50. 

The images featured here are from the exhibition catalogue, which was shot by Solve Sundsbo using real-life models to create movement in the pieces. The images were later digitally mastered to make the models look like mannequins, so not to distract from their beauty.