The subdued presentation of Alexander McQueen’s fall 2010 collection — or 15 looks from what likely would have been a larger addition to his already prodigious oeuvre — was hosted Tuesday in a goldleaf-overdosed salon at PPR, the luxury conglomerate run by Francois-Henri Pinault that counts the McQueen label among its holdings.

The collection is, as one would expect, miraculous. Oskar Weinstein has the full RTW line on his great website here.

It’s a shame we didn’t see McQueen’s work commemorated at the Kodak Theatre on Sunday. For most who vamp along the Academy Awards red carpet, perhaps he was just too “edgy” (a word I still don’t really understand when it comes to describing fashion, though I assume it’s something antithetical to pretty and safe).

On my count, Salma Hayek was the only recognizable face to wear McQueen on Oscar night (to the Elton John afterparty, and the posterior of the dress was delightfully not one that most Hollywood actresses would want associated with them). Then again, Hayek is married to … Francois-Henri Pinault.