I love his designs because they're really unusual & amazing. He uses really nice patterns and fabrics. I love his inspiration and his fashion shows, as they're inventive & theatrical.
Here are some random facts about Alexander:
- His real name is Lee Alexander McQueen
- He was born in the East End of London, the son of a taxi driver
- Alexander is famous for his shock tactics, for example, his collection entitled 'Highland Rape' and his 'bumsters' trousers
- He is one of the youngest designers to achieve the title 'British Designer of the Year', which he has won 4 times between 1996 &2003
- One of Alexander's passion outside of work is scuba diving and he has described it as one of his greatest pleasures as well as a source of inspiration.
- Despite his wacky designs, Alexander was trained as a Savile Row tailor.
- Celebrity clients include Meg Mathews, David Furnish, Fran Cutler and David Bowie.
- Alexander left school at 16 with one O-level, and went on to study A-level art at an East Ham evening class.
- She may be the most celebrated Brazilian of the moment but supermodel Gisele Bundchen got her big break on Alexander McQueen's runway two and a half years ago.
- Alexander made headline news in 1998 when he used American model Aimee Mullins, who had her lower legs amputated, to strut the catwalk with prosthetic legs (which cost £4,400 to make).
- Alexander designed Kate Winslet's lush green gown she wore to the 1997 Oscars, when Titanic swept the board.
- He may be based in Paris but McQueen refuses to learn French and communicates with his Givenchy seamstresses in a series of grunts.
- One of his most unlikely fans is Pauline Prescott, wife of the Deputy Prime Minister John, 'He's an absolute genius,' she said after attending one of his shows.
- Alexander once held a catwalk show in a Victoria bus depot. It cost a reputed £70,000 and saw Kate Moss, Jodie Kidd and Stella Tennant getting drenched by an in-built sprinkler system.
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