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Alexander McQueen

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For a long time I was looking for my perfect equilibrium, my mojo. And now I think I'm getting there: I've found my customer, my silhouette, my cut.


— 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


#always #books #designer #fashion #i

I am a melancholy type of person.


— Alexander McQueen


#i #i am #melancholy #person #type

I am married to work.


— Alexander McQueen


#i #i am #married #work

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


#back #cause #collection #day #design

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


#come #design #design clothes #different #dress

I don't want to be too proud, but I have a good personal style.


— Alexander McQueen


#i #personal #personal style #proud #style

I feel more Scottish than Norman.


— Alexander McQueen


#i #i feel #more #norman #scottish

I find beauty in the grotesque, like most artists.


— Alexander McQueen


#beauty #find #grotesque #i #like

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.


— Alexander McQueen


#forward #go #human #i #learn






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On 16 February 2010 pop musician and friend Lady Gaga performed an acoustic jazz rendition of her hit single "Telephone" and segued into "Dance in the Dark" at the 2010 Brit Awards. McQueen later attended Rokeby School and left aged 16 in 1984 with one O-level in art going on to serve an apprenticeship with Savile Row tailors Anderson & Sheppard before joining Gieves & Hawkes and later the theatrical costumiers Angels and Bermans. McQueen also designed a range of dresses under the name of "manta" priced at around £2800.

[opinion] He is also known for having worked as chief designer at Givenchy from 1996 to 2001 and for founding his own Alexander McQueen label. His achievements in fashion earned him four British Designer of the Year awards (1996 1997 2001 and 2003) as well as the CFDA's International Designer of the Year award in 2003. Lee Alexander McQueen CBE (17 March 1969 – 11 February 2010) was a British fashion designer and couturier best known for his in-depth knowledge of bespoke British tailoring his tendency to juxtapose strength with fragility in his collections as well as the emotional power and raw energy of his provocative fashion shows.

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