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The police need to come down to street level.
Alexander McQueen
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Alexander McQueen
Age: 40 †
Born: 1969
Born: March 17
Died: 2010
Died: February 11
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Lee Alexander McQueen
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I was literally 3 years old when I started drawing. I did it all my life, through primary school, secondary school, all my life. I always, always wanted to be a designer. I read books on fashion from the age of twelve. I followed designer's careers. I knew Giorgio Armani was a window-dresser, Emanuel Ungaro was a tailor.
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It needs to connect with the earth. Things that are processed and reprocessed lose their substance.
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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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There are only a handful of designers that influence other designers, and I have to keep one step ahead of the game.
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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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I believe in that one-on-one sell. I don't really believe in flooding the market with loads of goods that don't mean much, and you lose your identity.
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You've got to know the rules to break them.
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I'm mad in the front of my mind, but business-minded in the back.
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I come from a different era and I design clothes for our era. I think of people I want to dress when I design.
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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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I was never a big networker, but I was a spin doctor, all those shock shows, that's how I got my first backers. But fashion's a scary industry to be in, especially if you've not grown up with it.
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Style is not about the clothes, it's about the individual
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You can only go forward by making mistakes.
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There is no better designer than nature
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I think I should be a president. President of the United States.
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Of course I make mistakes. I'm human. If I didn't make mistakes, I'd never learn. You can only go forward by making mistakes.
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I don't want to be too proud, but I have a good personal style.
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You can get insular with fashion.
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I want people to be afraid of the women I dress.
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