McQueen@Givenchy

So going back to McQueen, after graduating from CSM he produced collections under his own name. During this time he created 'bumsters' which he became known for. These were extremely low cut trousers that partially revealed the buttocks and was a play on the current low rise jeans trend. However, in 1996 McQueen was chosen by Givenchy to design for them in Paris. McQueen has expressed that 'I was too young to take on Givenchy'. His first collection for the fashion house was also his first haute couture collection. It became his worst work. He realised this was because he was not being true to himself and that he was forcing himself to fit into the concept of couture. Being himself is all it should be.
Again while McQueen was at Givenchy, he was accused of being a misogynist. In one of the shows he use fibre glass mannequins instead of real models. This was apparently because McQueen wanted the audience to see the garments on a blank canvas.