Quote

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.

Alexander McQueen

Change background

T
T
T

Change font

TAGS & TOPICS

Alexander McQueen
Age: 40 †
Born: 1969
Born: March 17
Died: 2010
Died: February 11
Artist
Designer
Fashion Designer
Lee Alexander McQueen
McQ
Late
Design
Cause
Causes
Moaning
Back
Italians
Always
Collection
Load
Collections

More quotes by Alexander McQueen

Image
I'm prepared to forget about money if it affects my creativity because, remember, I started off with nothing. And I can do that again.
Alexander McQueen
Image
I'm mad in the front of my mind, but business-minded in the back.
Alexander McQueen
Image
Style is not about the clothes, it's about the individual
Alexander McQueen
Image
People find my things sometimes aggressive. But I don't see it as aggressive. I see it as romantic, dealing with a dark side of personality.
Alexander McQueen
Image
It's good to know where you come from. It makes you what you are today. It's DNA, it's in your blood.
Alexander McQueen
Image
I like the concept of dressing people. I used to not care whether people bought the clothes or not, but I kind of like it now. I wouldn't label that commercialism it's more like I do this work because I want people to wear it.
Alexander McQueen
Image
I never look at other people's work. My mind has to be completely focused on my own illusions.
Alexander McQueen
Image
There’s blood beneath every layer of skin.
Alexander McQueen
Image
Youth culture now really looks back and embraces the past, but keeps it contemporary but not sticking to one particular style.
Alexander McQueen
Image
When you see a woman wearing McQueen, there’s a certain hardness to the clothes that makes her look powerful. It kind of fends people off.
Alexander McQueen
Image
I'm the pink sheep in the family.
Alexander McQueen
Image
There is a hidden agenda in the fragility of romance.
Alexander McQueen
Image
There are only a handful of designers that influence other designers, and I have to keep one step ahead of the game.
Alexander McQueen
Image
People don't want to see clothes, they want to see something that fuels the imagination.
Alexander McQueen
Image
What I do is look at ancient African tribes, and the way they dress. The rituals of how they dress. . . . There's a lot of tribalism in the collections.
Alexander McQueen
Image
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
Image
There is no better designer then nature
Alexander McQueen
Image
You've got to know the rules to break them. That's what I'm here for, to demolish the rules but to keep the tradition.
Alexander McQueen
Image
I think sometimes I might scare the editors, because they might feel they're getting old and they're not understanding it. The problem lies on their side of the fence, not mine. I come from a different era and I design clothes for our era.
Alexander McQueen
Image
I have been skiing since I was in school, but I'm not great. I am never going to break an Olympic record, I just want to go down the hills, on red or blue runs, but not... black.
Alexander McQueen