ALEXANDER MCQUEEN,
L’ENFANT TERRIBLE OF
FASHION
Mysterious, sinister, theatrical and, ro-
mantic, Alexander McQueen shows
embody this and more.
His catwalks represent his imaginati-
ve world made of pain, sacrifice, hope,
darkness, and romanticism.
Alexander McQueen’s story is a bit of
a Brothers Grimm fairytale.
Born in London as the youngest of
six in a working-class family, he im-
mediately understood that school was
not the right place for him. At the age
of sixteen, he dropped out of school to
start an incredible journey to the fa-
shion industry, taking rough and tor-
tuous paths sometimes.
Alexander or Lee, by his loved ones, in
a trice realized that success consisted of
going from failure to failure without
loss of enthusiasm.
His meticulously designs and theatri-
cal catwalk shows pushed the bounda-
ries of fashion into art. They represen-
ted incredible storytelling, they were
so dramatic with Gothic melancholia.
As his beginnings, The fashion in-
dustry watched Alexander’s catwalks
as very provocative, something that
could define itself as horrible. Few
would have predicted that his label
will last forever.
His clothes as an “armour” makes wo-
men look powerful, he considered
women like warriors, who have to fi-
ght in this no man’s land.
During his career, he obtained a lot of
memorable moments. From designing
tour costumes for David Bowie to col-
laboration with the iconic make-up
brand MAC Cosmetics. But like many
genii, L’Enfant terrible, as many criti-
cs called him, lived with his demons,
and, those demos were so powerful to
be fought. The darkest part of his life
tore away which inspires amazement,
leading him to take his life.
The Fashion industry could be severe
sometimes. People are, always, looking
for the next, and in that incredible,
often, less understandable WORLD,
McQueen was a machine that worked
very hard to achieve his goals.
No one will forget his performance, his
genius, a coup de théâtre that has made
ever-living history. He pushed himself
always to create sublime masterpieces.
He was a maniac director of his shows.
Alexander McQueen was not intimi-
dated by nobody except himself, and
when someone asked him to make the
impossible, he always said: “Give me
time and I’ll give you a revolution”.
He was right indeed, he revolutionised
fashion over and over again.