Alexander McQueen Biography

Alexander McQueen was born on March 17, 1969. He died on February 11, 2010. He was a British fashion designer. He founded his own brand Alexander McQueen in 1992 and served as Givenchy's chief designer from 1996 to 2001. His achievements in fashion have earned him four British Designer of the Year awards in 1996, 1997, 2001, and 2003, as well as the CFDA 2003 International Designer of the Year Award. His master's graduation collection attracted the attention of Isabella Blow, who became his patron.

McQueen's early work earned him recognition as a terrible baby in the British fashion industry, and his designs, such as bumster trousers, have received widespread attention. He became Givenchy's chief designer and established a partnership with Gucci in 1999. We will learn about Alexander McQueen net worth and Alexander McQueen facts as given in the Alexander McQueen autobiography. 

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Designer Alexander McQueen had opened several boutiques in cities around the world, and his brand has expanded to include perfumes, fashion accessories, and a series of sports shoes. McQueen's shows are known for their drama. He was popularly known for his well-tailored costumes and his imaginative and sometimes controversial designs. His most famous designs include skull scarves and armadillo shoes. McQueen committed suicide shortly after his mother died in 2010. He died at his home in Mayfair, London, at the age of 40. We will learn more about who was Alexander McQueen in the following sections. 

Early Life 

Alexander McQueen biography tells us that he was born in Lewisham, London on March 17, 1969. His father was Ronald and Joyce McQueen, the youngest of six children. His father was of Scottish origin and a taxi driver by profession. His mother was a social studies teacher. It is reported that he grew up in a municipal apartment, but in fact, the McQueens family moved into a townhouse in Stratford in the first year. McQueen attended Carpenters Road Elementary School before going to Rokeby School. 

He had been interested in clothing since childhood. He was also fascinated by birds and was a member of the Youth Ornithology Club. Later in his career, he often used birds as patterns in his designs. In 1985, 16-year-old McQueen left school and only obtained an O level in art. He studied tailoring at Newham College and continued to work at Savile Row tailor shop Anderson & Sheppard before joining Gieves & Hawkes as a tailor as an apprentice. The skills he learned as an apprentice on Savile Street helped him gain a reputation in the fashion industry and become an expert in creating impeccable tailoring styles. He allegedly sewed swear words on the lining of the suit made for Prince Charles, although an examination of the suits made by Anderson and Shepard was conducted to verify that no evidence was found. While completing his apprenticeship, McQueen also participated in the Rosetta Art Center. After Saville Row, he briefly worked for theater adventurers Angels and Bermans, making costumes for shows such as Les Misérables. At the age of 20, he worked for Koji Tatsuno and Romeo Gigli in Milan before returning to London to study at Central Saint Martins College of Art and Design. 

Early Works 

According to Alexander McQueen autobiography, he initially applied for a job as a tailoring instructor at Central Saint Martins, but he failed to get the job because he was 21 years old and too young to teach students of his age. However, based on the strength of his portfolio, Bobby Hilson, director of the master's program at St. Martin's College, encouraged McQueen to enroll as a student. He received a master's degree in fashion design, and his 1992 master's degree collection "Jack the Ripper Following His Victims" was used by the influential fashion stylist Isabella Blow. 

It is said that Blow persuaded McQueen to use his middle name Alexander when he subsequently started his fashion career. Another suggestion is that he uses his middle name to avoid losing his registered unemployment benefits, while at the same time he is still a struggling young designer named Lee McQueen. McQueen once said that he refused to be photographed early in his career because he did not want to be recognized in the grant office. Isabella Blow paved the way for Alexander McQueen, and she used her unique style and connections to help him. She is his mentor in many ways. 

Career

In 1992, McQueen created his own brand and built it for a while in the basement of Blow's house in Belgravia. In 1993, he moved to Hoxton Square to set up his own studio, the area also had other new designers such as Hussein Chalayan and Pauric Sweeney. His first series after graduation, the taxi driver series inspired by Martin Scorsese films, was organized by the British Fashion Council for young designers displayed a hanger in a small room in the Ritz Hotel superior. He introduced the "Vagrant" in this series, but the series was never photographed because all the clothes were stolen after the show. In his early series, McQueen lined his own hair with methacrylate as a label on his clothes. 

Early Show 

McQueen's first professional show in 1993, Nihilism Spring 1994, was held in the Bluebird Garage in Chelsea. His early fashion shows were known for their controversy and shocking strategies, earning him the titles of "terrible baby" and "British fashion hooligan". McQueen's Nihilism series, with bruised and bleeding models in see-through clothes and deep low-cut pants, was described by Marion Hume of The Independent as a "cruel theater" and a "horror show". McQueen's second show was held for the Banshee series. Soon after creating this collection, McQueen met Katie England when he was out of the high-profile fashion shows and she soon became his "right assistant". He immediately invited her to join his next series "Birds" as a creative director, after that, she continued to work with McQueen. 

Givenchy 

The debut show of McQueen was in 1997, it featured the designs of the summer of 1997, the golden design, and the white design of Greece mythology. McQueen himself stated his designs were the best thing he worked on and presented to date. He continued to pamper his rebel stripes. The design of Muspécchy released by the epidemic pattern during this period can be accredited as one of the best. 

VOSS Show 

McQueen's most famous and dramatic Cat Walk Show was really a wonderful joy to watch for all fashion designers. It was a collection of its spring/summer of 2001. Nature was reflected in the natural material used in their clothes as the Oslit pen, but the costumes made of the scallops of the column and the muscle shell were more changing. There was a table present on the stage and McQueen said that table was based on the image of Joel Peter Witkin Sanitarium who was the model chosen by McQueen. 

The British fashion photographer Nick Knight said that Voss was presented to his blog of showstudio.com: "It is probably one of the best parts of the fashionable theater that I have witnessed so far." McQueen entered a trade with Givenchy's rival Gucci in 2000 and made Mushchy strongly. In the next year, some of Alexander McQueen Boutiques opened in cities around the world, and his label included perfumes, dyes, accessories, and men's wear. The last show of his in the autumn of 2001, and that in London before moving to Paris had a monster equipped with models dragged by the golden skeleton. There was Rice field, Black Parachute Cape that was inspired by Tim Burton. The scanner in 2003 was published in the snowflake configuration with the model that walks in the wind tunnel. The show of the 2004 fall was reworked. The dance scenes of Sydney Pollack’s films shot a horse and were wrapped up for a Michael Clark show. Only the collection of games in the spring of 2005, presented a game of human chess, and the autumn 2006 show, the widow of Cardon was highlighted. 

Last Show 

Before his death, Alexander McQueen had 16 parts completed of his autumn/winter collection.  These costumes were completed by his design team and of them, seven presentations were displayed to the small group of guests. A handful of fashion editors of Gold Blond Salon was present. The clothes presented had a medieval and religious look. The basic colours that were predominantly used were red, gold, silver with detailed embroidery. The last attire presented had a layer made of gold feathers. "Each job is unique," said McQueen's Fashion House in a statement released in the latest collection.  

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