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Alexander McQueen’s gold feathered jacket, Horn of plenty, A/W 2009-2010 /Photo from Savage beauty exhibition in the MET by Sølve Sundsbø (c) |
“People find my things sometimes aggressive. But I don’t see it as aggressive. I see it as romantic, dealing with a dark side of personality.” Alexander McQueen, W, July 2002
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| Oyster dress, Irere, by Alexander McQueen, S/S 2003 / Photo from Savage beauty exhibition in the MET by Sølve Sundsbø(c) |
“I want to empower women. I want people to be afraid of the women I dress.” Alexander McQueen
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| Ensemble, Dante by Alexander McQueen, A/W 1996–1997 / Photo from Savage beauty exhibition in the MET by Sølve Sundsbø(c) |
“I spent a long time learning how to construct clothes, which is important to do before you can deconstruct them.” Alexander McQueen, Self Service, Spring/Summer 2002
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| Widows of Culloden by Alexander McQueen, A/W 2006-2007 / Photo from Savage beauty exhibition in the MET by Sølve Sundsbø(c) |
“Scotland for me is a harsh, cold and bitter place. It was even worse when my great, great grandfather used to live there. . . . The reason I’m patriotic about Scotland is because I think it’s been dealt a really hard hand. It’s marketed the world over as . . . haggis . . . bagpipes. But no one ever puts anything back into it.” Alexander McQueen ,The Independent Fashion Magazine, Autumn/Winter 1999
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| The Girl Who Lived in the Tree by Alexander McQueen, A/W 2008–2009 / Photo from Savage beauty exhibition in the MET by Sølve Sundsbø(c) |
“[In this collection] she was a feral creature living in the tree. When she decided to descend to earth, she transformed into a princess." Alexander McQueen , Interview, September 2008
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| VOSS, by Alexander McQueen S/S 2001 / Photo from Savage beauty exhibition in the MET by Sølve Sundsbø(c) |
“There’s blood beneath every layer of skin.” Alexander McQueen
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| Ensemble, It’s a Jungle Out There, by Alexander McQueen A/W 1997-1998 / Photo from Savage beauty exhibition in the MET by Sølve Sundsbø(c) |
“The whole show feeling was about the Thomson’s gazelle. It’s a poor little critter—the markings are lovely, it’s got these dark eyes, the white and black with the tan markings on the side, the horns—but it is the food chain of Africa. As soon as it’s born it’s dead, I mean you’re lucky if it lasts a few months, and that’s how I see human life, in the same way. You know, we can all be discarded quite easily. . . . You’re there, you’re gone, it’s a jungle out there!” Alexander McQueen quoted in Caroline Evans, Fashion at the Edge: Spectacle, Modernity and Deathliness (New Haven, Conn.: Yale University Press, 2002)
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| The Girl Who Lived in the Tree by Alexander McQueen, A/W 2008–2009 / Photo from Savage beauty exhibition in the MET by Sølve Sundsbø(c) |
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| The Girl Who Lived in the Tree by Alexander McQueen, A/W 2008–2009 / Photo from Savage beauty exhibition in the MET by Sølve Sundsbø(c) |
“I don’t really get inspired [by specific women]. . . . It’s more in the minds of the women in the past, like Catherine the Great, or Marie Antoinette. People who were doomed. Joan of Arc or Colette. Iconic women.” Alexander McQueen, Purple Fashion, Summer 2007
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| Horn of plenty,Alexander McQueen, A/W 2009-2010 /Photo from Savage beauty exhibition in the MET by Sølve Sundsbø(c) |
“It is important to look at death because it is a part of life. It is a sad thing, melancholy but romantic at the same time. It is the end of a cycle—everything has to end. The cycle of life is positive because it gives room for new things.” Alexander McQueen, Drapers, February 20, 2010
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| Sarabande, Alexander McQueen S/S 2007, /Photo from Savage beauty exhibition in the MET by Sølve Sundsbø(c) |
“I liked the padded hips because they didn’t make the [piece] look historical, but . . . more sensual. Like the statue of Diana with breasts and big hips. It’s more maternal, more womanly.” Alexander McQueen, Purple Fashion, Issue 7, Summer 2007
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“These beautiful models were walking around in the room, and then suddenly this woman who wouldn’t be considered beautiful was revealed. It was about trying to trap something that wasn’t conventionally beautiful to show that beauty comes from within.” Alexander McQueen, WWD, September 28, 2000
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| Sarabande, Alexander McQueen S/S 2007, /Photo from Savage beauty exhibition in the MET by Sølve Sundsbø(c) |
“Remember Sam Taylor-Wood’s dying fruit? Things rot. . . . I used flowers because they die. My mood was darkly romantic at the time.” Alexander McQueen, Harper’s Bazaar, April 2007
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| Widows of Culloden by Alexander McQueen, A/W 2006-2007 / Photo from Savage beauty exhibition in the MET by Sølve Sundsbø(c) |
"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." Alexander McQueen
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| Horn of plenty,Alexander McQueen, A/W 2009-2010 /Photo from Savage beauty exhibition in the MET by Sølve Sundsbø (c) |
"Y eramos intensos, feroces, viscerales, tan instintivos que dábamos miedo; eso nos salvaba de la vulgaridad, de lo ordinario, y de nuestros propios fantasmas errantes, porque, a estos últimos, los acogimos en nuestro seno; los convertíamos en fuente de inspiración y arte." Alice Nin
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