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I'm interested in designing for posterity.

Alexander McQueen

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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
Designing
Posterity
Interested
Design

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You've got to know the rules to break them.
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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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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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I'm mad in the front of my mind, but business-minded in the back.
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There has to be a balance between your mental satisfaction and the financial needs of your company. (But) I always remember that it's the fantasy, the artistic side, that makes customers want to buy the straightforward black pants.
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There is a hidden agenda in the fragility of romance.
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You can only go forward by making mistakes.
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My relationships with producers or photographers - these are relationships that took years.
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London's where I was brought up. It's where my heart is and where I get my inspiration.
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I want to empower women.
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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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The police need to come down to street level.
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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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Really, what I'm aiming for is world domination!
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Let me not forget the use of my own hands, that of a craftsman with eyes... that reflect the technology around me.
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As a designer, you've always got to push yourself forward you've always got to keep up with the trends or make your own trends. That's what I do.
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Fashion should be a form of escapism, and not a form of imprisonment.
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You can get insular with fashion.
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You find a lot of ideas from my shows in adverts now. I find it a compliment.
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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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