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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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Alexander McQueen
Age: 40 †
Born: 1969
Born: March 17
Died: 2010
Died: February 11
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Fashion Designer
Lee Alexander McQueen
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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.
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I'm 40 now, but I want this to be a company that lives way beyond me, and I believe that customers are more important to making that happen than press. When I'm dead, hopefully this house will still be going. On a spaceship. Hopping up and down above earth.
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I feel more Scottish than Norman.
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I've had good times I've had bad times.
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I don’t want to do a cocktail party. I’d rather people left my shows and vomited.
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There is no way back for me now, I'm going to take you on journeys you've never dreamed possible
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Give me time and I'll give you a revolution.
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Clothes and jewellery should be startling, individual.
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I work with people I admire and respect. It's never because of who they are.
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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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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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I like things to be modern and still have a bit of tradition
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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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The explosion of museum exhibitions is only a mirror image of what has happened to fashion itself this millennium. With the force of technology, instant images and global participation, fashion has developed from being a passion for a few to a fascination - and an entertainment - for everybody.
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I'm interested in designing for posterity.
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I hate it when people romanticize Scotland.
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There are only a handful of designers that influence other designers, and I have to keep one step ahead of the game.
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I'm not interested in being liked.
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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.
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