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Clothes and jewellery should be startling, individual. When you see a woman in my clothes, you want to know more about them. To me, that is what distinguishes good designers from bad designers.

Alexander McQueen

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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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I used flowers because they die. My mood was darkly romantic at the time.
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Life to me is a bit of a (Brothers) Grimm fairy tale.
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If you're lucky enough to use something you see in a dream, it is purely original. It's not in the world - it's in your head. I think that is amazing.
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Give me time and I'll give you a revolution.
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I'm interested in designing for posterity.
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I'm not big on women looking naive.
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Some couture collections have everything including the kitchen sink! Everything gets thrown on to make it look expensive. I find it grotesque when clothes hit you in the face and there's no room for fault. But I don't expect to turn things around all by myself. I'm not a saint.
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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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The world needs fantasy, not reality. We have enough reality today
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I've had good times I've had bad times.
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Style is not about the clothes, it's about the individual
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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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It's a new era in fashion - there are no rules. It's all about the individual and personal style, wearing high-end, low-end, classic labels, and up-and-coming designers all together.
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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 I'm dead and gone, people will know that the twenty-first century was started by Alexander McQueen.
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People find my things sometimes aggressive. But I don't see it as aggressive. I see it as romantic, dealing with a dark side of personality.
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What I do is look at ancient African tribes, and the way they dress. The rituals of how they dress. . . . There's a lot of tribalism in the collections.
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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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British fashion is self confident and fearless. It refuses to bow to commerce, thus generating a constant flow of new ideas whilst drawing in British heritage.
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