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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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Alexander McQueen
Age: 40 †
Born: 1969
Born: March 17
Died: 2010
Died: February 11
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I was never a big networker, but I was a spin doctor, all those shock shows, that's how I got my first backers. But fashion's a scary industry to be in, especially if you've not grown up with it.
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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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I hate it when people romanticize Scotland.
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Animals fascinate me because you can find a force, an energy, a fear that also exists in sex.
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