Quotes by Alexander McQueen

About Alexander McQueen:

Lee Alexander McQueen is 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.
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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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I think the idea of mixing luxury and mass-market fashion is very modern, very now - no one wears head-to-toe designer anymore.

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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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Sting's my ideal man, because he's a real man.

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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.

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It's a new era in fashion - there are no rules. It's all about the individual and personal style, wearing high-end, low-end, classic labels, and up-and-coming designers all together.

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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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You can only go forward by making mistakes.

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It's not my vision when I cover a woman's face with a chador. I got the idea from a 'National Geographic' photo. I'm just showing their plight in the world.

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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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When I'm dead and gone, people will know that the twenty-first century was started by Alexander McQueen.

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You can hide so much behind theatrics, and I don't need to do that any more.

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When a woman gets dressed up to go out at night, she wants to give 50% away, and hold the rest back. If you're an open book, there's no allure.

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I just want to be a wallflower. Nondescript. Just not anything. I don't want to see me.

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Fashion should be a form of escapism, and not a form of imprisonment.

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Really, what I'm aiming for is world domination!

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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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Fame should be left to the film stars.

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Nicey nicey just doesn't do it for me.

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The police need to come down to street level.

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Author Bio

  • NameAlexander McQueen
  • DescriptionBritish fashion designer and couturier
  • AliasesLee Alexander McQueen
  • BornMarch 17, 1969
  • DiedFebruary 11, 2010
  • CountryUnited Kingdom
  • ProfessionDesigner
  • AwardsCommander Of The Order Of The British Empire