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Now I design what I want to wear, and it works that way.

Alexander McQueen

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Alexander McQueen
Age: 40 †
Born: 1969
Born: March 17
Died: 2010
Died: February 11
Artist
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Fashion Designer
Lee Alexander McQueen
McQ
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There has to be a balance between your mental satisfaction and the financial needs of your company. (But) I always remember that it's the fantasy, the artistic side, that makes customers want to buy the straightforward black pants.
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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'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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I am a melancholy type of person.
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You can hide so much behind theatrics, and I don't need to do that any more.
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I'm interested in designing for posterity.
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I was three years old when I started drawing. I did it all my life.
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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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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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I oscillate between life and death, happiness and sadness, good and evil.
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For people who know McQueen, there is always an underlying message. It's usually only the intellectual ones who understand what's going on in what I do.
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There comes a time in your life when you focus solely on what you believe is right, regardless of what everybody else is doing.
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Fashion should be a form of escapism, and not a form of imprisonment.
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Menswear is about subtlety. It's about good style and good taste.
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There's beauty in anger, and anger for me is a passion.
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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.
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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'm not big on women looking naive.
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