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Youth culture now really looks back and embraces the past, but keeps it contemporary but not sticking to one particular style.

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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
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Embraces
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Youth

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Some couture collections have everything including the kitchen sink! Everything gets thrown on to make it look expensive.
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I use things that people want to hide in their heads. War, religion, sex things we all think about, but don’t bring to the forefront. But I do and I force them to watch it
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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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For a long time I was looking for my perfect equilibrium, my mojo. And now I think I'm getting there: I've found my customer, my silhouette, my cut.
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The reason I'm patriotic about Scotland is because I think it's been dealt a really hard hand. It's marketed the world over as . . . haggis . . . bagpipes. But no one ever puts anything back into it.
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I feel more Scottish than Norman.
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I am married to work.
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You can only go forward by making mistakes.
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I used flowers because they die. My mood was darkly romantic at the time.
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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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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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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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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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It's the ugly things I notice more, because other people tend to ignore the ugly things.
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I find beauty in the grotesque, like most artists.
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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.
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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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I don't want to be too proud, but I have a good personal style.
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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 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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