Alexander mcqueen biography vogue
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Publisher Description
Alexander (Lee) McQueen was - for the 15 years that he stood at its helm - British fashion's most significant figure.
His extraordinary career, which took him from humble beginnings as an apprentice on Savile Row to the creative directorship of his own global brand, is a story of hard work, ambition and visionary brilliance. Leading photographers such as Mario Testino and Corinne Day photographed his stunning designs for Vogue, and through them Alexander McQueen's career is presented - from the controversy of his early shows to the elegiac perfection of his last - with a particular emphasis on the evolution of his signature style: immaculate tailoring, slashed fabric, historical references and beauty in the macabre.
The book shows that McQueen's own ambition was fully realised: 'I want to be the purveyor of a certain silhouette or a way of cutting so that, when I'm dead and gone, people will know that the Twenty-first Century was sta
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Alexander McQueen Biography
After tailoring clothes for his sisters at a ung age of 16 (), McQueen left school and trained as a men's tailor with the traditional tailors Anderson & Sheppard and Gieves & Hawkes on Mayfair's Savile Row in London.
At 20, McQueen started working as a pattern cutter for Japanese designer Koji Tatsuno. He then moved to Milan to work for Italian designer Romeo Gigli. This was followed by jobs as a theater costume designer in London and with Italian fashion designer Romeo Gigli in Milan.
McQueen graduated from Central Saint Martins College of Art and Design in London with a Master of Arts grad. The British Vogue stylist Isabella Blow buys his entire graduation collection. Since that day Isabella was considered his muse and mentor.
The designer founded the fashion company Alexander McQueen Trading Limited, with headquarters in Haywards Heath. In the early years he exclusively created women's collections, which, like his later w
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Debra Shaw
If my memory serves me well, I first met Lee in a basement where he was working at the time. Other than it being extremely hot, I have a vision of him in my mind wearing light-green nail polish on his toes. I was immediately entranced by his aura. Watching the way he moved and expressed himself was quite a fascinating sight to behold.
In McQueen shows we were given the freedom to be wild! His garments encouraged that unabashed sense of abandonment. Wearing his clothes made me feel empowered! Statuesque! Mighty! Extraterrestrial! And they helped me come to a greater understanding of the frame of my own body. His cuts and his shapes, the cinching of my waist (especially with one particular gold bustier he made for me), made me understand the story I could tell with my body through the power they instilled in me.
Lee had a thoughtful awareness of social issues and consistently included it in his work. I miss his talent, the passion he gave to each and every show, his fr