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Alexander McQueen
Age: 40 †
Born: 1969
Born: March 17
Died: 2010
Died: February 11
Artist
Designer
Fashion Designer
Lee Alexander McQueen
McQ
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I'm not interested in being liked.
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There is no better designer then nature
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The police need to come down to street level.
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There's beauty in anger, and anger for me is a passion.
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It's a new era in fashion - there are no rules. It's all about the individual and personal style, wearing high-end, low-end, classic labels, and up-and-coming designers all together.
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I want to empower women.
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It's the ugly things I notice more, because other people tend to ignore the ugly things.
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I work with people I admire and respect. It's never because of who they are.
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My relationships with producers or photographers - these are relationships that took years.
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Fashion should be a form of escapism, and not a form of imprisonment.
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I want to be honest about the world that we live in, and sometimes my political persuasions come through in my work. Fashion can be really racist, looking at the clothes of other cultures as costumes. . . . That’s mundane and it’s old hat. Let’s break down some barriers.
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For people who know McQueen, there is always an underlying message. It's usually only the intellectual ones who understand what's going on in what I do.
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It's almost like putting armor on a woman. It's a very psychological way of dressing.
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I came to terms with not fitting in a long time ago. I never really fitted in. I don't want to fit in. And now people are buying into that.
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The turnover of fashion is just so quick and so throwaway, and I think that is a big part of the problem. There is no longevity.
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I believe in that one-on-one sell. I don't really believe in flooding the market with loads of goods that don't mean much, and you lose your identity.
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When a woman gets dressed up to go out at night, she wants to give 50% away, and hold the rest back. If you're an open book, there's no allure.
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If you're an open book, there's no allure.
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If you're lucky enough to use something you see in a dream, it is purely original. It's not in the world - it's in your head. I think that is amazing.
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Menswear is about subtlety. It's about good style and good taste.
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