14 Quotes & Sayings By Alexander Mcqueen

Alexander McQueen (March 5, 1969 – June 7, 2010) was an English fashion designer. He is best known for his collections of contemporary menswear with a heavy emphasis on texture, colour and deconstruction—particularly for his burial of human skulls in his designs. McQueen launched his own line of luxury ready-to-wear in 1992. Three years later he showed it at London Fashion Week. His personal style was also influential on British rock musician Sting, who was photographed wearing McQueen on the cover of his 1997 solo album "Brand New Day." McQueen is generally considered to be one of the most influential designers of the 20th century. He died on June 7, 2010, aged 40, shortly after completing his first men's collection Read more

The cause of death was not disclosed by the police or the coroner's office. The official cause of death was "a clash between personal and professional stressors."

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There is no better designer than nature. Alexander McQueen
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Fashion should be a form of escapism, and not a form of imprisonment. Alexander McQueen
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I want to be the purveyor of a certain silhouette or a way of cutting, so that when I am dead and gone people will know that the twenty-first century was started by Alexander McQueen. Alexander McQueen
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There is something sinister, something quite biographical about what I do - but that part is for me. It's my personal business. I think there is a lot of romance, melancholy. There's a sadness to it, but there's romance in sadness. I suppose I am a very melancholy person. Alexander McQueen
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Rap music's been around for too long now to be inspirational. The words are, but the music isn't. Alexander McQueen
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I always wanted to be a designer. I read books on fashion from the age of 12. Alexander McQueen
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I want people to be afraid of the women I dress. Alexander McQueen
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I don't want to be too proud, but I have a good personal style. Alexander McQueen
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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. Alexander McQueen
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Now I design what I want to wear, and it works that way. Alexander McQueen
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Clothes and jewellery should be startling, individual. When you see a woman in my clothes, you want to know more about them. To me, that is what distinguishes good designers from bad designers. 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. Alexander McQueen
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I find beauty in the grotesque, like most artists. Alexander McQueen