Posted by Ms_Tytania on Thu 11 Feb 10, 5:11 PM to Ms_Tytania's blog.
Very, very sad and shocked, after hearing on the radio about Alexander McQueen's death. An original British eccentric & XXIst Century dandy.
The son of a cabbie and a flower seller, a man with the wrong accent and from the wrong side of the tracks, yet he rocked the elitist world of couture with his irreverent, truly British with and quirky sense of glamour.
His creations were for me fetish before I knew what fetish was. and he pulled his pants down on stage when he showed his first collection in Paris.
Another inspirational man, taken away too soon.
| 11 Feb 10, 5:14 PM clare 11 yrs |
Did he really???! | ||
| 11 Feb 10, 5:15 PM Wiley_Kit UK(PE), 6 yrs  |
How very sad, loved his work. I can't believe I've no control | ||
| 11 Feb 10, 5:28 PM Kali_Ma UK(B), 5 yrs |
No, No, No, No, No. This is so wrong. Such talent wasted. My thoughts to his loved ones and friends. Sx 'My Brothers, My Sisters, My Blood...' | ||
| 11 Feb 10, 5:36 PM MissKimberley NL, 8 yrs     |
Apparently hanged himself. Sad for those he left behind, even if I didn't think much of his sense of fashion. ETA he lost his mother recently, speculation is whether that got the better of him. “During times of universal deceit, telling the truth becomes a revolutionary act” - George Orwell Edited 11 Feb 10, 5:42 PM by MissKimberley | ||
| 11 Feb 10, 5:40 PM McThunderpants 2 yrs |
Such a shame. I loved him in that film 'bullet' | ||
| 11 Feb 10, 5:47 PM MsNemi UK, 4 yrs |
Oh, that's really sad. He was such a huge talent, one of the very few designers out there to make genuinely imaginative clothes that were actually wearable to any extent. It takes real skill to be able to combine the two. One of God's own prototypes, a high powered mutant of some kind, never considered for mass production. Too weird to live, too rare to die. | ||
| 11 Feb 10, 5:54 PM Ms_Tytania 6 yrs |
Yes, and he was wearing Union Jack boxers. A true East End hooligan! "People are inherently evil, but very, very funny" - Joe Orton. | ||
| 11 Feb 10, 6:00 PM Ms_Tytania 6 yrs |
His legend will live on. There is this story, I don't know if it's true or not, but who cares? it's part of his legend: When he was working as an apprentice for a taylor in Savile Row, he worked on a suit for Prince Charles. You know how tailors pin notes hand-written on brown paper inside suits, marking measures, instructions, etc? Traditionally, they are left in the suit once the linen is stitched on.
Legend goes that Alexander McQueen use to pin these notes inside prince Charles' suits, with the word "cunt" written on them "People are inherently evil, but very, very funny" - Joe Orton. | ||
| 11 Feb 10, 6:05 PM mini_velvet UK(EH), 6 yrs |
Really sad news. I hope he and Isabella Blow are kicking up a riot in heaven. | ||
| 11 Feb 10, 6:14 PM maid_felicity2 UK(B), 6 yrs |
I instantly thought of Isabella Blow, such a tragedy. Hope they are somewhere better. x |
