Which designer created the 1993 “bumster” trousers with an extremely low-rise waist?

Alexander McQueen created the “bumster” trousers, first shown in his 1993 Taxi Driver collection.

The design featured an extremely low-rise waist that exposed the top of the wearer’s buttocks. McQueen developed the idea while studying at Central Saint Martins and used it to challenge conventional ideas about the relationship between clothing, the body, and the silhouette.

The name “bumster” comes from the British word “bum,” meaning buttocks. The trousers became an important early example of McQueen’s confrontational design language, years before low-rise styles became widespread in popular fashion.

McQueen’s work was often theatrical and technically demanding, but the bumster was not simply a costume effect. Its radical cut influenced later denim and trouser trends and is regularly cited as one of his most recognizable innovations.