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It needs to connect with the earth. Things that are processed and reprocessed lose their substance.

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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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I used flowers because they die. My mood was darkly romantic at the time.
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I think sometimes I might scare the editors, because they might feel they're getting old and they're not understanding it. The problem lies on their side of the fence, not mine. I come from a different era and I design clothes for our era.
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Rap music's been around for too long now to be inspirational. The words are, but the music isn't.
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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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I want to be honest about the world that we live in, and sometimes my political persuasions come through in my work. Fashion can be really racist, looking at the clothes of other cultures as costumes. . . . That’s mundane and it’s old hat. Let’s break down some barriers.
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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'm interested in designing for posterity.
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