Alexander McQueen: Savage Beauty is most popular show in V&A's history

    More than 480,000 tickets sold for exhibition that cost £3m to stage, with museum hiring specialist firm to manage waiting times. A retrospective of the work of fashion designer Alexander McQueen was the most popular show ever staged at the Victoria and Albert museum, deputy director Tim Reeve has said. More than 480,000 tickets were sold for Savage Beauty, the V&A’s theatrical, romantic and sometimes eerie exhibition of McQueen’s work which closed on Sunday night.