Alexander McQueen Quotes
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The turnover of fashion is just so quick and so throwaway, and I think that is a big part of the problem. There is no longevity.
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British fashion is self confident and fearless. It refuses to bow to commerce, thus generating a constant flow of new ideas whilst drawing in British heritage.
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Clothes and jewellery should be startling, individual.
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I've had good times; I've had bad times.
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I was literally 3 years old when I started drawing. I did it all my life, through primary school, secondary school, all my life. I always, always wanted to be a designer. I read books on fashion from the age of twelve. I followed designer's careers. I knew Giorgio Armani was a window-dresser, Emanuel Ungaro was a tailor.
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I feel more Scottish than Norman.
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I'm interested in designing for posterity.
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I believe in that one-on-one sell. I don't really believe in flooding the market with loads of goods that don't mean much, and you lose your identity.
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I oscillate between life and death, happiness and sadness, good and evil.
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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 here to make people look like a sack of potatoes.
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I can't get sucked into that celebrity thing, because I think it's just crass.
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I was never a big networker, but I was a spin doctor, all those shock shows, that's how I got my first backers. But fashion's a scary industry to be in, especially if you've not grown up with it.
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Really, what I'm aiming for is world domination!
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I like the idea of infiltrating an area that is not really exposed to me or my work.
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Some designers are so airy-fairy people can't connect with them. I hope people can relate to me, to a normal person who just happens to be a fashion designer, that people can take me as they find me. It's not the designer's job to care about what people think. Whatever else I've done, I've never tried to be something that I'm not.
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When a woman gets dressed up to go out at night, she wants to give 50% away, and hold the rest back. If you're an open book, there's no allure.
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London’s where I was brought up. It’s where my heart is and where I get my inspiration.
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The reason I'm patriotic about Scotland is because I think it's been dealt a really hard hand. It's marketed the world over as . . . haggis . . . bagpipes. But no one ever puts anything back into it.
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It's good to know where you come from. It makes you what you are today. It's DNA, it's in your blood.
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I don't want to be too proud, but I have a good personal style.
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There is no better designer then nature.
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I want to empower women. I want people to be afraid of the women I dress.
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Animals fascinate me because you can find a force, an energy, a fear that also exists in sex.
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People don't want to see clothes, they want to see something that fuels the imagination.