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It's not my vision when I cover a woman's face with a chador. I got the idea from a 'National Geographic' photo. I'm just showing their plight in the world.
Alexander McQueen
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Alexander McQueen
Age: 40 †
Born: 1969
Born: March 17
Died: 2010
Died: February 11
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Lee Alexander McQueen
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It's good to know where you come from. It makes you what you are today. It's DNA, it's in your blood.
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There's beauty in anger, and anger for me is a passion.
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Fashion should be a form of escapism, and not a form of imprisonment.
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You can hide so much behind theatrics, and I don't need to do that any more.
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I like the idea of infiltrating an area that is not really exposed to me or my work.
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I hate it when people romanticize Scotland.
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I am an avid follower of the news, and sometimes you just can't take any more war, any more disasters, and you want to remind yourself there's beauty in the world. I wanted to show a more poetic side to my work. It was all about... a feeling of sadness, but in a cinematic kind of way. I find beauty in melancholy.
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I work with people I admire and respect. It's never because of who they are.
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I can design a collection in a day and I always do, cause I've always got a load of Italians on my back, moaning that it's late.
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I think there is beauty in everything. What 'normal' people would perceive as ugly, I can usually see something of beauty in it.
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Really, what I'm aiming for is world domination!
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The police need to come down to street level.
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