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Alexander McQueen was a British fashion designer renowned for his unique creativity and avant-garde design style. His work blended traditional and modern elements, often challenging the norms of the fashion industry. McQueen had a significant impact on the fashion world, with his designs receiving international recognition and multiple British Fashion Awards. Unfortunately, he passed away in 2010, but his legacy and contributions to fashion are still remembered today.

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“I use things that people want to hide in their heads. War, religion, sex; things we all think about, but don’t bring to the forefront. But I do and I force them to watch it”

People Thinking Want War Use Force Sex Watches

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“The reason I'm patriotic about Scotland is because I think it's been dealt a really hard hand. It's marketed the world over as . . . haggis . . . bagpipes. But no one ever puts anything back into it.”

Thinking World Hard Reason Hands Patriotic Scotland Bagpipes

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“There's beauty in anger, and anger for me is a passion.”

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“What I do is look at ancient African tribes, and the way they dress. The rituals of how they dress. . . . There's a lot of tribalism in the collections.”

Way Looks Dresses Ancient Collections Ritual Tribes Tribalism African Tribes

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“If you're an open book, there's no allure.”

Ifs Book Allure Open Book

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“Fashion is self confident and fearless.”

Self Fashion Fearless Bows Self Confident

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“You've got to know the rules to break them.”

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“When we put the antlers on the model and then draped over it the lace embroidery that we had made, we had to poke them through a £2,000 piece of work. But then it worked because it looks like she's rammed the piece of lace with her antlers. There's always spontaneity. You've got to allow for that in my shows.”

Looks Made Shows Pieces Models Over It Spontaneity Lace Poke Embroidery Antlers

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“Style is not about the clothes, it's about the individual”

Individual Style Clothes

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“Clothes and jewellery should be startling, individual.”

Should Individual Clothes Jewellery

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“There is no better designer then nature”

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“I think there is beauty in everything.”

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“I like things to be modern and still have a bit of tradition”

Stills Bits Modern Tradition

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“If you ask any lady they want to be taller, they want to be slimmer, you know, and they want a waist. I'm not here to make people look like a sack of potatoes.”

People Ifs Knows Want Looks Asks Potatoes

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“The world needs fantasy, not reality. We have enough reality today”

World Needs Enough Reality Today Fantasy

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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.”

Years Book Age Wanted School Careers Fashion Window Drawing Primaries Designer Twelve Tailors Dressers Primary School Armani Secondary School

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“I find beauty in melancholy.”

Inspirational Melancholy Relatable

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“I am a melancholy type of person.”

Persons Type Melancholy

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“I am married to work.”

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“I can't get sucked into that celebrity thing, because I think it's just crass.”

Thinking I Can Crass

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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.”

People Thinking Want Different Design Clothes Dresses Eras Different Eras

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“Now I design what I want to wear, and it works that way.”

Way Want Design

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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.”

Ifs Firsts Shows Bigs Fashion Industry Doctors Scary Shock Spin Doctors

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“I think I should be a president. President of the United States.”

Thinking Should States President United United States

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“I work with people I admire and respect. It's never because of who they are.”

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About the Author

Born: March 17, 1969
Died: February 11, 2010
Known for: Fashion designer
Quotes: 125

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