Fashion should be a form of escapism, and not a form of imprisonment.
I want to be the purveyor of a certain silhouette or a way of cutting, so that when I am dead and gone people will know that the twenty-first century was started by Alexander McQueen.
Rap music’s been around for too long now to be inspirational. The words are, but the music isn’t.
I always wanted to be a designer. I read books on fashion from the age of 12.
I don’t want to be too proud, but I have a good personal style.
I come from a different era and I design clothes for our era. I think of people I want to dress when I design.
Now I design what I want to wear, and it works that way.
Clothes and jewellery should be startling, individual. When you see a woman in my clothes, you want to know more about them. To me, that is what distinguishes good designers from bad designers.
I can design a collection in a day and I always do, cause I’ve always got a load of Italians on my back, moaning that it’s late.
I find beauty in the grotesque, like most artists.