Alexander McQueen's bumster trousers came from Taxi Driver, autumn-winter 1993: named for the 1976 film and his cab-driver father, shown on a rail at the Ritz in March 1993, then left in bin bags outside a nightclub
McQueen is credited with the 1990s revival of low-rise jeans.
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01ALEXANDER MCQUEEN'S BUMSTER TROUSERS CAME FROM A 1993 COLLECTION CALLED TAXI DRIVER.
02THE NAME NODDED TO THE 1976 FILM, AND TO HIS FATHER, A LONDON CAB DRIVER.
03THERE WAS NO RUNWAY. THE CLOTHES WERE SHOWN ON A RAIL IN A ROOM AT THE RITZ, IN MARCH 1993.
04THE BUMSTERS' WAIST SAT EXTREMELY LOW, MAKING THE TORSO LOOK LONGER.
05AFTERWARDS HE PUT THE CLOTHES IN BIN BAGS AND LEFT THEM BEHIND A NIGHTCLUB. THEY WERE GONE.