A biography for Alexander McQueenhasn’t been written yet.
“You find a lot of ideas from my shows in adverts now. I find it a compliment.”
“I hate it when people romanticize Scotland.”
“I was three years old when I started drawing. I did it all my life.”
“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.”
“I am a melancholy type of person.”
“There are only a handful of designers that influence other designers, and I have to keep one step ahead of the game.”
“There is no better designer than nature.”
“You can get insular with fashion.”
“I just want to be a wallflower. Nondescript. Just not anything. I don't want to see me.”
“I want to empower women. I want people to be afraid of the women I dress.”
“I want to empower women.”
“Fashion should be a form of escapism, and not a form of imprisonment.”
“Sting's my ideal man, because he's a real man.”
“Now I design what I want to wear, and it works that way.”
“I came to terms with not fitting in a long time ago. I never really fitted in. I don't want to fit in. And now people are buying into that.”
“I've had good times; I've had bad times.”
“I think I should be a president. President of the United States.”
“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.”
“It's good to know where you come from. It makes you what you are today. It's DNA, it's in your blood.”
“I always wanted to be a designer. I read books on fashion from the age of 12.”