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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.

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
Use
Hands
Around
Craftsman
Reflect
Technology
Eyes
Forget
Eye

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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 am married to work.
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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 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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Style is not about the clothes, it's about the individual
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There’s blood beneath every layer of skin.
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I spent a long time learning how to construct clothes, which is important to do before you can deconstruct them.
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I work with people I admire and respect. It's never because of who they are.
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Birds in flight fascinate me. I admire eagles and falcons. I’m inspired by a feather but also its color, its graphics, its weightlessness and its engineering. It’s so elaborate. In fact I try and transpose the beauty of a bird to women.
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If you're an open book, there's no allure.
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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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I'm not interested in being liked.
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There is a hidden agenda in the fragility of romance.
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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 feel more Scottish than Norman.
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Beauty can come from the strangest of places, even the most disgusting of places.
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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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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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As a designer, you've always got to push yourself forward you've always got to keep up with the trends or make your own trends. That's what I do.
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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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