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People don't want to see clothes, they want to see something that fuels the imagination.

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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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Clothes
Imagination
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It's good to know where you come from. It makes you what you are today. It's DNA, it's in your blood.
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I came to terms with not fitting in a long time ago. I never really fitted in. I don't want to fit in. And now people are buying into that.
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