Alexander McQueen, one of fashion’s consummate iconoclasts, has committed suicide at age 40. Alexander McQueen, 1969-2010
“In a world where every man and his dog is a designer, Alexander McQueen was the real deal. His talent was supersonic. As with true talent, it comes from nowhere and reaches everywhere.” Philip Treacy.
“He was an aristocrat in the true sense of the word. He had a natural grace, natural patrician instincts. And he had so much compassion and a big heart : We would go to his studio and do simple things, sit and have a cup of tea and just have fun. We’d play around like kids and imagine that we were in a world that wasn’t so cynical and money-driven.” Daphne Guinness
“So devastating to know he is gone. Everybody is walking around crying today.
I will certainly miss the beauty that he created, and his vision and his world. Marc Jacobs
“Lee was a fashion genius. I don’t say that lightly, and it is a total shock that I am referring to him in the past tense. He was a real friend” Stella McCartney
“He was shy, but once you got to know him he had a great sense of humor: He was also a very decent man: He was unbelievably nice to all of the seamstresses in the factory in Novara (Italy) . He treated them well and they loved him. He was just a fabulous person.” Domenico De Sole
“His brilliant imagination knew no bounds as he conjured up collection after collection of extraordinary designs. He was a modern day genius whose gothic aesthetic was adopted by women the world over..” UK Vogue editor Alexandra Shulman
“He brought a uniquely British sense of daring and aesthetic fearlessness to the global stage of fashion. Alexander McQueen’s influence was astonishing.´ Anna Wintour
“His imagination had no limits, he had an amazing personality and his creativity was genius.” Donatella Versace
” you made big bottomed and not so big bottomed girls all over the world look stunning…come back soon…give it another go” Kirstie Alley
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