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You can get insular with fashion.

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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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Fashion

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The explosion of museum exhibitions is only a mirror image of what has happened to fashion itself this millennium. With the force of technology, instant images and global participation, fashion has developed from being a passion for a few to a fascination - and an entertainment - for everybody.
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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 me, what I do is an artistic expression which is channeled through me. Fashion is just the medium.
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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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I am an avid follower of the news, and sometimes you just can't take any more war, any more disasters, and you want to remind yourself there's beauty in the world. I wanted to show a more poetic side to my work. It was all about... a feeling of sadness, but in a cinematic kind of way. I find beauty in melancholy.
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Fashion should be a form of escapism, and not a form of imprisonment.
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I have been skiing since I was in school, but I'm not great. I am never going to break an Olympic record, I just want to go down the hills, on red or blue runs, but not... black.
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I think I should be a president. President of the United States.
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Some couture collections have everything including the kitchen sink! Everything gets thrown on to make it look expensive.
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I used flowers because they die. My mood was darkly romantic at the time.
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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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Give me time and I'll give you a revolution.
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I find beauty in melancholy.
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You can only go forward by making mistakes.
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Life to me is a bit of a (Brothers) Grimm fairy tale.
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