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Alexander McQueen’s Most Iconic Designs Are Coming to Tate Britain. Here’s Everything We Know.

The new ’90s exhibition revisits McQueen’s radical early work alongside the artists and designers who helped define the decade.

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Alexander McQueen (1969–2010) was perhaps the greatest designer of his generation. Fortunately, the late icon’s eponymous fashion house, founded in 1992, has agreed to lend original pieces from their archive to be displayed alongside the work of other heavyweights as part of “The 90s: Art and Fashion.” Curated by Edward Enninful OBE, the exhibition will be open to the public at Tate Britain from October 8, 2026, to February 14, 2027.

As specified by Culted, a famous blood-red beaded dress, which obscures the wearer’s face with a built-in mask, from the Autumn/Winter 1998 “Joan” collection will be included; for example: On the runway, Jean D’Arc’s death was reenacted with the help of a model, who sported this work of art while standing in a ring of fire. McQueen’s creations, such as this one, awaken reverent awe and a special admiration for the female form in all of its power.

Some may remember the hugely successful 2011 exhibition “Alexander McQueen: Savage Beauty,” which took place at the Metropolitan Museum of Art........

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