Alexander McQueen creative director Sarah Burton is the fashion world’s woman of the hour following the debut of the gorgeous wedding gown she designed for Kate Middleton.    She was in New York this morning to talk to the press at a preview of “Alexander McQueen:  Savage Beauty,” the much-anticipated retrospective honoring British designer.  The exhibition opens at the Metropolitan Museum of Art in New York on Wednesday, May 4.   Burton called the retrospective “a fitting honor” to the late McQueen.  She said:

“When I walked into the exhibit, I thought of Lee [McQueen's first name] …the passion, the inspiration.”

Stella McCartney, who also trained with Alexander McQueen, also spoke.

See photos of celebs wearing Alexander McQueen at the Costume Institute Gala this evening.

More pictures, including some amazing McQueen designs, after the jump.

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