Fashion Quotes by Alexander McQueen

Style is not about the clothes, it's about the individual

— Alexander McQueen

Fashion is self confident and fearless.

— Alexander McQueen

There is no better designer than nature

— Alexander McQueen

Menswear is about subtlety. It's about good style and good taste.

— Alexander McQueen

Now I design what I want to wear, and it works that way.

— Alexander McQueen

I don't want to be too proud, but I have a good personal style.

— Alexander McQueen

Clothes and jewellery should be startling, individual.

— Alexander McQueen

There is no better designer then nature

— Alexander McQueen

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

I always wanted to be a designer. I read books on fashion from the age of 12.

— Alexander McQueen

Women should look like women. A piece of cardboard has no sexuality.

— Alexander McQueen

People don't want to see clothes, they want to see something that fuels the imagination.

— Alexander McQueen

I come from a different era and I design clothes for our era. I think of people I want to dress when…

— Alexander McQueen

Some couture collections have everything including the kitchen sink! Everything gets thrown on to make it look expensive.

— Alexander McQueen

I spent a long time learning how to construct clothes, which is important to do before you can deconstruct them.

— Alexander McQueen

The turnover of fashion is just so quick and so throwaway, and I think that is a big part of the problem.…

— Alexander McQueen

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

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

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

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

“I want to be the purveyor of a certain silhouette or a way of cutting, so that when I am dead and…

— Alexander McQueen

For people who know McQueen, there is always an underlying message. It's usually only the intellectual ones who understand what's going on…

— Alexander McQueen

I like the concept of dressing people. I used to not care whether people bought the clothes or not, but I kind…

— Alexander McQueen

There has to be a balance between your mental satisfaction and the financial needs of your company. (But) I always remember that…

— Alexander McQueen

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

I think there has to be an underlying sexuality. There has to be a perverseness to the clothes. There is a hidden…

— Alexander McQueen

Some couture collections have everything including the kitchen sink! Everything gets thrown on to make it look expensive. I find it grotesque…

— Alexander McQueen

I was literally 3 years old when I started drawing. I did it all my life, through primary school, secondary school, all…

— Alexander McQueen

I want to be honest about the world that we live in, and sometimes my political persuasions come through in my work.…

— Alexander McQueen

My friend George and I were walking on the beach in Norfolk, and there were thousands of [razor-clam] shells. They were so…

— Alexander McQueen

Fashions fade, style is eternal. - Yves Saint-LaurentThe most important thing to remember is that you can wear all the greatest clothes…

— Alexander McQueen

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

I want people to be afraid of the women I dress.

— Alexander McQueen

You can get insular with fashion.

— Alexander McQueen

Fashion should be a form of escapism, and not a form of imprisonment.

— Alexander McQueen

For me, what I do is an artistic expression which is channeled through me. Fashion is just the medium.

— Alexander McQueen

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

British fashion is self confident and fearless. It refuses to bow to commerce, thus generating a constant flow of new ideas whilst…

— Alexander McQueen

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

Clothes and jewellery should be startling, individual. When you see a woman in my clothes, you want to know more about them.…

— Alexander McQueen