Alexander McQueen

A dedicated eyewear line featured on Kering Eyewear’s official brand page, with the company handling its design, development, and distribution as one of its 15 brands. In the 2025/2026 collection, metal details, logos, and T-Bar elements are incorporated into cat-eye, oval, square, and other frames, reconfiguring the house’s signatures across both sunglasses and optical frames. In relation to Alexander McQueen’s broader accessories range, the eyewear category is clearly delineated and its sales and product development are coordinated under Kering Eyewear.

Eyewear developed as an accessory category of Alexander McQueen. In 2015, its operations were transferred from Safilo to Kering Eyewear. Since then, it has been managed through Kering’s eyewear platform. Separately from Kering Eyewear’s McQueen brand page, official product pages continue to use the Alexander McQueen name and focus primarily on sunglasses featuring T-Bar details, logos, and UV protection specifications. The brand codes used in the main ready-to-wear collections are carried into the accessories category, where eyewear is positioned alongside ready-to-wear and leather accessories as part of the house’s accessory offering.

McQ developed under a 2005 licensing agreement as Alexander McQueen’s contemporary/lifestyle offshoot line, and from Spring/Summer 2011 onward it was overseen directly by the brand itself. In contrast to the main collection’s Savile Row-derived tailoring and theatrical expression, it was positioned to serve more everyday wardrobes and distribution. Kering’s 2019 disclosure also treated it as an independent contemporary brand. Sales were centered on wholesale, and it expanded through channels different from those of the core line.