The turnover of fashion is just so quick and so throwaway, and I think that is a big part of the problem.… — Alexander McQueen Copy Share Image
I spent a long time learning how to construct clothes, which is important to do before you can deconstruct them. — Alexander McQueen Copy Share Image
For me, what I do is an artistic expression which is channeled through me. Fashion is just the medium. — Alexander McQueen Copy Share Image
Fashion should be a form of escapism, and not a form of imprisonment. — Alexander McQueen Copy Share Image
I always wanted to be a designer. I read books on fashion from the age of 12. — Alexander McQueen Copy Share Image
Women should look like women. A piece of cardboard has no sexuality. — Alexander McQueen Copy Share Image
I think the idea of mixing luxury and mass-market fashion is very modern, very now - no one wears head-to-toe designer anymore. — Alexander McQueen Copy Share Image
Some couture collections have everything including the kitchen sink! Everything gets thrown on to make it look expensive. — Alexander McQueen Copy Share Image
Clothes and jewellery should be startling, individual. When you see a woman in my clothes, you want to know more about them.… — Alexander McQueen Copy Share Image
When you see a woman wearing McQueen, there’s a certain hardness to the clothes that makes her look powerful. It kind of… — Alexander McQueen Copy Share Image
British fashion is self confident and fearless. It refuses to bow to commerce, thus generating a constant flow of new ideas whilst… — Alexander McQueen Copy Share Image
There has to be a balance between your mental satisfaction and the financial needs of your company. (But) I always remember that… — Alexander McQueen Copy Share Image
I was never a big networker, but I was a spin doctor, all those shock shows, that's how I got my first… — Alexander McQueen Copy Share Image
As a designer, you've always got to push yourself forward; you've always got to keep up with the trends or make your… — Alexander McQueen Copy Share Image
I'm 40 now, but I want this to be a company that lives way beyond me, and I believe that customers are… — Alexander McQueen Copy Share Image
“I want to be the purveyor of a certain silhouette or a way of cutting, so that when I am dead and… — Alexander McQueen Copy Share Image
The explosion of museum exhibitions is only a mirror image of what has happened to fashion itself this millennium. With the force… — Alexander McQueen Copy Share Image
I think the idea of mixing luxury and mass-market fashion is very modern - wearing head-to-toe designer has become a bit passe.… — Alexander McQueen Copy Share Image
I was this young boy and I saw this man with his hands round my sister's neck, I was just standing there… — Alexander McQueen Copy Share Image
“I design clothes because I don’t want women to look all innocent and naïve… I want woman to look stronger… I don’t… — Alexander McQueen Copy Share Image
I was literally 3 years old when I started drawing. I did it all my life, through primary school, secondary school, all… — Alexander McQueen Copy Share Image
Some designers are so airy-fairy people can't connect with them. I hope people can relate to me, to a normal person who… — Alexander McQueen Copy Share Image
I think there has to be an underlying sexuality. There has to be a perverseness to the clothes. There is a hidden… — Alexander McQueen Copy Share Image
Some couture collections have everything including the kitchen sink! Everything gets thrown on to make it look expensive. I find it grotesque… — Alexander McQueen Copy Share Image
Menswear is about subtlety. It's about good style and good taste. — Alexander McQueen Copy Share Image
I come from a different era and I design clothes for our era. I think of people I want to dress when… — Alexander McQueen Copy Share Image
People don't want to see clothes, they want to see something that fuels the imagination. — Alexander McQueen Copy Share Image
I think sometimes I might scare the editors, because they might feel they're getting old and they're not understanding it. The problem… — Alexander McQueen Copy Share Image
I find it grotesque when clothes hit you in the face and there's no room for fault. But I don't expect to… — Alexander McQueen Copy Share Image
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,… — Alexander McQueen Copy Share Image
I like the concept of dressing people. I used to not care whether people bought the clothes or not, but I kind… — Alexander McQueen Copy Share Image
I like the concept of dressing people. I used to not care whether people bought the clothes or not, but I kind of like… — Alexander McQueen Copy Share Image
If you ask any lady they want to be taller, they want to be slimmer, you know, and they want a waist. I'm not… — Alexander McQueen Copy Share Image
I'm mad in the front of my mind, but business-minded in the back. — Alexander McQueen Copy Share Image
It's the ugly things I notice more, because other people tend to ignore the ugly things. — Alexander McQueen Copy Share Image
My relationships with producers or photographers - these are relationships that took years. — Alexander McQueen Copy Share Image
I don’t want to do a cocktail party. I’d rather people left my shows and vomited. — Alexander McQueen Copy Share Image
I just want to be a wallflower. Nondescript. Just not anything. I don't want to see me. — Alexander McQueen Copy Share Image
