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title: "3 Sinister Quotes By Alexander McQueen"
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> [I am constantly trying to reflect the way women are treated. It's hard to interpret that in clothes or in a show…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/alexander-mcqueen/i-am-constantly-trying-to-reflect-the-way-women-are-treated-it-s-hard/)

[Alexander McQueen](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/alexander-mcqueen/)

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> [I think there has to be an underlying sexuality. There has to be a perverseness to the clothes. There is a hidden…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/alexander-mcqueen/i-think-there-has-to-be-an-underlying-sexuality-there-has-to-be-a/)

[Alexander McQueen](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/alexander-mcqueen/)

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> [There is something sinister, something quite biographical about what I do - but that part is for me. It's my personal business.…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/alexander-mcqueen/there-is-something-sinister-something-quite-biographical-about-what-i/)

[Alexander McQueen](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/alexander-mcqueen/)

[Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/98c/alexander-mcqueen-3419_business_there-is-something-sinister-something-qu_2304689.jpg)

## Other authors on Sinister

## More by Alexander McQueen

> [Fame should be left to the film stars.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/alexander-mcqueen/fame-should-be-left-to-the-film-stars/)

[Alexander McQueen](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/alexander-mcqueen/)

> [I want people to be afraid of the women I dress.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/alexander-mcqueen/i-want-people-to-be-afraid-of-the-women-i-dress/)

[Alexander McQueen](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/alexander-mcqueen/)

> [I like the concept of dressing people. I used to not care whether people bought the clothes or not, but I kind of like…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/alexander-mcqueen/i-like-the-concept-of-dressing-people-i-used-to-not-care-whether/)

[Alexander McQueen](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/alexander-mcqueen/)

> [You can get insular with fashion.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/alexander-mcqueen/you-can-get-insular-with-fashion/)

[Alexander McQueen](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/alexander-mcqueen/)

> [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…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/alexander-mcqueen/if-you-ask-any-lady-they-want-to-be-taller-they-want-to-be-slimmer/)

[Alexander McQueen](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/alexander-mcqueen/)

> [I'm mad in the front of my mind, but business-minded in the back.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/alexander-mcqueen/i-m-mad-in-the-front-of-my-mind-but-business-minded-in-the-back/)

[Alexander McQueen](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/alexander-mcqueen/)

> [It's the ugly things I notice more, because other people tend to ignore the ugly things.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/alexander-mcqueen/it-s-the-ugly-things-i-notice-more-because-other-people-tend-to/)

[Alexander McQueen](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/alexander-mcqueen/)

> [I am married to work.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/alexander-mcqueen/i-am-married-to-work/)

[Alexander McQueen](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/alexander-mcqueen/)

> [My relationships with producers or photographers - these are relationships that took years.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/alexander-mcqueen/my-relationships-with-producers-or-photographers-these-are/)

[Alexander McQueen](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/alexander-mcqueen/)

> [I don’t want to do a cocktail party. I’d rather people left my shows and vomited.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/alexander-mcqueen/i-don-t-want-to-do-a-cocktail-party-i-d-rather-people-left-my-shows/)

[Alexander McQueen](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/alexander-mcqueen/)

> [I am a melancholy type of person.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/alexander-mcqueen/i-am-a-melancholy-type-of-person/)

[Alexander McQueen](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/alexander-mcqueen/)

> [I just want to be a wallflower. Nondescript. Just not anything. I don't want to see me.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/alexander-mcqueen/i-just-want-to-be-a-wallflower-nondescript-just-not-anything-i-don-t/)

[Alexander McQueen](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/alexander-mcqueen/)

> [For me, what I do is an artistic expression which is channeled through me. Fashion is just the medium.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/alexander-mcqueen/for-me-what-i-do-is-an-artistic-expression-which-is-channeled-through/)

[Alexander McQueen](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/alexander-mcqueen/)

> [I'm interested in designing for posterity.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/alexander-mcqueen/i-m-interested-in-designing-for-posterity/)

[Alexander McQueen](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/alexander-mcqueen/)

> [I come from a different era and I design clothes for our era. I think of people I want to dress when I design.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/alexander-mcqueen/i-come-from-a-different-era-and-i-design-clothes-for-our-era-i-think/)

[Alexander McQueen](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/alexander-mcqueen/)

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