I want to be honest about the world that we live in, and sometimes my political persuasions come through in my work. Fashion can be really racist, looking at the clothes of other cultures as costumes. . . . Thatโs mundane and itโs old hat. Letโs break down some barriers.
Alexander McQueenIf 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.
Alexander McQueenWhen we put the antlers on the model and then draped over it the lace embroidery that we had made, we had to poke them through a ยฃ2,000 piece of work. But then it worked because it looks like she's rammed the piece of lace with her antlers. There's always spontaneity. You've got to allow for that in my shows.
Alexander McQueen