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You've got to know the rules to break them. That's what I'm here for, to demolish the rules but to keep the tradition.

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
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Demolish
Rules
Tradition
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I oscillate between life and death, happiness and sadness, good and evil.
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I just want to be a wallflower. Nondescript. Just not anything. I don't want to see me.
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