A Windowland of Alice Inspiration
This year the classic story of Alice in Wonderland is being retold in more ways than one. Tim Burtons Alice in Wonderland has become the inspiration for many fashion designers. In Paris this week French department store Printemps dedicated their windows to the film allowing designers Nicholas Kirkwood, Ann Demeulemeester, Alexander McQueen, Bernhard Willhelm, Charles Anastase, Christopher Kane, Chloé, Haider Ackermann, Manish Arora, and Maison Martin Margiela an opportunity to show "Alice" inspired works of art. The window displays will be available to observe through March when the film premieres in theatres worldwide. Unfortunately, Nicholas Kirkwood's Alice in Wonderland-inspired heels are only for window display and they're so beautiful why should anyone wear them. “My favorite character is the Duchess, who at first seems nearly as unpleasant as the Queen of Hearts. But she’s the antagonist of the queen, and at the end was only respectful and friendly, despite her tremendous ugliness. When I was designing this piece, I was seeing Alice running, escaping through the forest destroying her shiny dress.” —Haider Ackermann “I’ve always been intrigued by cutout silhouettes. They are so intriguing, so poetic—the shadow of a soul. They tell everything about a character and they are open to be filled with one’s own imagination.” —Ann Demeulemeester “Running around careless and free in a romantic dress, falling down the rabbit hole, chasing time in a dreamlike state of mind, meeting unexpected characters with many tales to tell—sounds like many a girl’s night out!” —Chloé design team Kirkwood's inspiration for his wonderland work of art was the Mad March Hare, which he made clear by adding a pocket watch to his design to represent the character. Like the movie he took a different approach to his design process. Instead of thinking about line and silhouette he decided to add as much character to the shoes as possible by piling as much as possible on top. 
Charles Anatases' inspiration came from John Tenniel's original illustration of "Alice" having tea at a table wearing an asymmetrical and theatrical dress with more character than the Walt Disney version. The original Alice (Liddell) the inspiration to the children's classic Alice in Wonderland and to Anatases' "hero," Lewis Carroll is one of the few icons Anatases has left that consistently serve as inspiration. 
Maison Martin Margiela's inspiration came from the backward theme of the original Alice in Wonderland. He pictured Alice's blue dress in reverse becoming an upside-down dress as she walked through the mirror. A long ball gown reworked upside-down becoming a minidress as the "plumetis" tulle became a veil, the bustier became the miniskirt, and a cage sleeve made of whale-boned velvet is embroidered with pearls, crystals, and recycled jewels. 
This year the classic story of Alice in Wonderland is being retold in more ways than one. Tim Burtons Alice in Wonderland has become the inspiration for many fashion designers. In Paris this week French department store Printemps dedicated their windows to the film allowing designers Nicholas Kirkwood, Ann Demeulemeester, Alexander McQueen, Bernhard Willhelm, Charles Anastase, Christopher Kane, Chloé, Haider Ackermann, Manish Arora, and Maison Martin Margiela an opportunity to show "Alice" inspired works of art. The window displays will be available to observe through March when the film premieres in theatres worldwide. Unfortunately, Nicholas Kirkwood's Alice in Wonderland-inspired heels are only for window display and they're so beautiful why should anyone wear them. “My favorite character is the Duchess, who at first seems nearly as unpleasant as the Queen of Hearts. But she’s the antagonist of the queen, and at the end was only respectful and friendly, despite her tremendous ugliness. When I was designing this piece, I was seeing Alice running, escaping through the forest destroying her shiny dress.” —Haider Ackermann “I’ve always been intrigued by cutout silhouettes. They are so intriguing, so poetic—the shadow of a soul. They tell everything about a character and they are open to be filled with one’s own imagination.” —Ann Demeulemeester “Running around careless and free in a romantic dress, falling down the rabbit hole, chasing time in a dreamlike state of mind, meeting unexpected characters with many tales to tell—sounds like many a girl’s night out!” —Chloé design team Kirkwood's inspiration for his wonderland work of art was the Mad March Hare, which he made clear by adding a pocket watch to his design to represent the character. Like the movie he took a different approach to his design process. Instead of thinking about line and silhouette he decided to add as much character to the shoes as possible by piling as much as possible on top. 
Charles Anatases' inspiration came from John Tenniel's original illustration of "Alice" having tea at a table wearing an asymmetrical and theatrical dress with more character than the Walt Disney version. The original Alice (Liddell) the inspiration to the children's classic Alice in Wonderland and to Anatases' "hero," Lewis Carroll is one of the few icons Anatases has left that consistently serve as inspiration. 
Maison Martin Margiela's inspiration came from the backward theme of the original Alice in Wonderland. He pictured Alice's blue dress in reverse becoming an upside-down dress as she walked through the mirror. A long ball gown reworked upside-down becoming a minidress as the "plumetis" tulle became a veil, the bustier became the miniskirt, and a cage sleeve made of whale-boned velvet is embroidered with pearls, crystals, and recycled jewels. 
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