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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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Lee Alexander McQueen
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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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Give me time and I'll give you a revolution.
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You can only go forward by making mistakes. I'm twenty-seven, not fifty-seven. I'm not Givenchy, I'm Alexander McQueen.
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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.
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If you ask any lady they want to be taller, they want to be slimmer, you know, and they want a waist. I'm not here to make people look like a sack of potatoes.
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Really, what I'm aiming for is world domination!
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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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I want to empower women.
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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.
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It is important to look at death because it is a part of life. It is a sad thing, melancholy but romantic at the same time. It is the end of a cycle - everything has to end. The cycle of life is positive because it gives room for new things.
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Fame should be left to the film stars.
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I'm not big on women looking naive.
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I never look at other people's work. My mind has to be completely focused on my own illusions.
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I was three years old when I started drawing. I did it all my life.
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I work with people I admire and respect. It's never because of who they are.
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There is a hidden agenda in the fragility of romance.
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Fashion is self confident and fearless.
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I think there is beauty in everything.
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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.
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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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