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Alexander McQueen
Alexander McQueen
English Designer
Born: Mar 17, 1969
Died: Feb 11, 2010
Fashion Me People Think Want You
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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. Alexander McQueen
You Mistakes Making Mistakes Only Never Make Learn Course Making Go Human Forward
It's good to know where you come from. It makes you what you are today. It's DNA, it's in your blood. Alexander McQueen
Today Good You Come Know Makes Blood Where Your
You can only go forward by making mistakes. Alexander McQueen
You Mistakes Making Mistakes Only Making Go Forward
I want people to be afraid of the women I dress. Alexander McQueen
Women People Dress Afraid Want
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. Alexander McQueen
Fashion Together Style Rules Wearing Classic About High-End No Rules Individual New New Era Era Labels Up-And-Coming Personal Personal Style Designers
When I'm dead and gone, people will know that the twenty-first century was started by Alexander McQueen. Alexander McQueen
People Will Gone Alexander Know Dead McQueen Century Twenty-First Started
I want to empower women. I want people to be afraid of the women I dress. Alexander McQueen
Women People Dress Empower Afraid Want
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
People Clothes Design Think Our Dress Come Era Different Want Design Clothes
Sting's my ideal man, because he's a real man. Alexander McQueen
Man He Ideal Ideal Man Because Real Sting Real Man
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
Time Long Long Time Looking Think Silhouette Perfect Equilibrium Getting Customer Cut Mojo Found Now
I never look at other people's work. My mind has to be completely focused on my own illusions. Alexander McQueen
Work People Mind Own Other Focused My Own Never Look Illusions
Fashion should be a form of escapism, and not a form of imprisonment. Alexander McQueen
Fashion Imprisonment Escapism Form Should
I don't want to be too proud, but I have a good personal style. Alexander McQueen
Good Style Too Proud Personal Want Personal Style
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. Alexander McQueen
You Yourself Own Trends Push Make Always Got Up Your Forward Keep Designer
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. Alexander McQueen
Fashion Problem Big Think Part Longevity Quick Big Part Just Turnover
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. Alexander McQueen
Fashion Heritage Drawing Constant Constant Flow Fearless Self Generating Thus New Ideas Bow New Ideas Commerce Confident Refuses Whilst Flow British
For people who know McQueen, there is always an underlying message. It's usually only the intellectual ones who understand what's going on in what I do. Alexander McQueen
People Only Know Message Underlying Understand Always Intellectual Going McQueen Who
The police need to come down to street level. Alexander McQueen
Police Down Come Street Level Need
I was three years old when I started drawing. I did it all my life. Alexander McQueen
Life Old Three My Life Drawing All My Life Years Did Started
Youth culture now really looks back and embraces the past, but keeps it contemporary but not sticking to one particular style. Alexander McQueen
Youth Culture Style Past Back Embraces Particular Contemporary Looks Sticking Really Youth Culture Now Keeps
I am a melancholy type of person. Alexander McQueen
Type Melancholy Am Person
I am married to work. Alexander McQueen
Work Married Am
Some couture collections have everything including the kitchen sink! Everything gets thrown on to make it look expensive. I find it grotesque when clothes hit you in the face and there's no room for fault. But I don't expect to turn things around all by myself. I'm not a saint. Alexander McQueen
Myself You Fault Face Clothes Everything Collections Find Some Kitchen Kitchen Sink Thrown Look Make Around Saint Couture Sink Hit Expect Gets Expensive Room Turn Grotesque Including Things
You find a lot of ideas from my shows in adverts now. I find it a compliment. Alexander McQueen
You Compliment Find Ideas Lot Shows Now
Fame should be left to the film stars. Alexander McQueen
Stars Left Fame Should Film Film Stars
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. Alexander McQueen
Fashion You Doctor First Big Those Spin Scary Never Industry Got How Up Shock Shows Grown Grown-Up
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