Alexander McQueen

Designer

1969-03-17 – 2010-02-11

Alexander McQueen was a British fashion designer and couturier.

Quotes by Alexander McQueen

There is no better designer than nature.
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There is no better designer than nature.
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I always wanted to be a designer. I read books on fashion from the age of 12.
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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.
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Sting's my ideal man, because he's a real man.
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Menswear is about subtlety. It's about good style and good taste.
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I can't get sucked into that celebrity thing, because I think it's just crass.
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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.
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As a designer, you've always got to push yourself forward; you've always got to keep up with the trends or make your own trends. That's what I do.
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The turnover of fashion is just so quick and so throwaway, and I think that is a big part of the problem. There is no longevity.
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British fashion is self confident and fearless. It refuses to bow to commerce, thus generating a constant flow of new ideas whilst drawing in British heritage.
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Really, what I'm aiming for is world domination!
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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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