Alexander McQueen Quotes

Really, what I’m aiming for is world domination!

British fashion is self confident and fearless. It refuses to bow to commerce, thus generating a constant flow of new ideas whilst drawing in British heritage.

Sting‘s my ideal man, because he’s a real man.

There has to be a balance between your mental satisfaction and the financial needs of your company.

I come from a different era and I design clothes for our era. I think of people I want to dress when I design.

For a long time I was looking for my perfect equilibrium, my mojo. And now I think I’m getting there: I’ve found my customer, my silhouette, my cut.

Give me time and I’ll give you a revolution.

I always wanted to be a designer. I read books on fashion from the age of 12.

Rap music‘s been around for too long now to be inspirational. The words are, but the music isn’t.

I want to empower women. I want people to be afraid of the women I dress.

Some couture collections have everything including the kitchen sink! Everything gets thrown on to make it look expensive. I find it grotesque when clothes hit you in the face and there’s no room for fault. But I don’t expect to turn things around all by myself. I’m not a saint.

I’ve had good times; I’ve had bad times.

Rap music‘s been around for too long now to be inspirational. The words are, but the music isn’t.

I think the idea of mixing luxury and mass-market fashion is very modern, very now – no one wears head-to-toe designer anymore.

I find it grotesque when clothes hit you in the face and there’s no room for fault. But I don’t expect to turn things around all by myself. I’m not a saint.

Sting‘s my ideal man, because he’s a real man.

When I’m dead and gone, people will know that the twenty-first century was started by Alexander McQueen.

I feel more Scottish than Norman.

For people who know McQueen, there is always an underlying message. It’s usually only the intellectual ones who understand what’s going on in what I do.

Menswear is about subtlety. It’s about good style and good taste.

You can get insular with fashion.

I never look at other people’s work. My mind has to be completely focused on my own illusions.

I feel more Scottish than Norman.

I don’t want to be too proud, but I have a good personal style.

Now I design what I want to wear, and it works that way.

I have been skiing since I was in school, but I’m not great. I am never going to break an Olympic record, I just want to go down the hills, on red or blue runs, but not… black.

I was three years old when I started drawing. I did it all my life.

I’m mad in the front of my mind, but business-minded in the back.

I find beauty in the grotesque, like most artists.

My relationships with producers or photographers – these are relationships that took years.

I’m not interested in being liked.

As a designer, you’ve always got to push yourself forward; you’ve always got to keep up with the trends or make your own trends. That’s what I do.

You find a lot of ideas from my shows in adverts now. I find it a compliment.

I don’t want to be too proud, but I have a good personal style.

I like the concept of dressing people. I used to not care whether people bought the clothes or not, but I kind of like it now. I wouldn’t label that commercialism; it’s more like I do this work because I want people to wear it.

I want to empower women.

Youth culture now really looks back and embraces the past, but keeps it contemporary but not sticking to one particular style.

I never look at other people’s work. My mind has to be completely focused on my own illusions.

It’s usually only the intellectual ones who understand what’s going on in what I do.

I just want to be a wallflower. Nondescript. Just not anything. I don’t want to see me.

It’s a new era in fashion – there are no rules. It’s all about the individual and personal style, wearing high-end, low-end, classic labels, and up-and-coming designers all together.

Fashion should be a form of escapism, and not a form of imprisonment.

I’ve had good times; I’ve had bad times.

I want to empower women.

As a designer, you’ve always got to push yourself forward; you’ve always got to keep up with the trends or make your own trends. That’s what I do.

I have been skiing since I was in school, but I’m not great. I am never going to break an Olympic record, I just want to go down the hills, on red or blue runs, but not… black.

It’s good to know where you come from. It makes you what you are today. It’s DNA, it’s in your blood.

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.

There is a hidden agenda in the fragility of romance.

For a long time I was looking for my perfect equilibrium, my mojo. And now I think I’m getting there: I’ve found my customer, my silhouette, my cut.

The turnover of fashion is just so quick and so throwaway, and I think that is a big part of the problem. There is no longevity.

You can only go forward by making mistakes.

I want to empower women. I want people to be afraid of the women I dress.

Fame should be left to the film stars.

There is something sinister, something quite biographical about what I do – but that part is for me. It’s my personal business. I think there is a lot of romance, melancholy. There’s a sadness to it, but there’s romance in sadness. I suppose I am a very melancholy person.

Now I design what I want to wear, and it works that way.

Give me time and I’ll give you a revolution.

I was never a big networker, but I was a spin doctor, all those shock shows, that’s how I got my first backers. But fashion’s a scary industry to be in, especially if you’ve not grown up with it.

Fashion should be a form of escapism, and not a form of imprisonment.

I want people to be afraid of the women I dress.

Of course I make mistakes. I’m human. If I didn’t make mistakes, I’d never learn. You can only go forward by making mistakes.

Really, what I’m aiming for is world domination!

I can’t get sucked into that celebrity thing, because I think it’s just crass.

I hate it when people romanticize Scotland.

The police need to come down to street level.

When a woman gets dressed up to go out at night, she wants to give 50% away, and hold the rest back. If you’re an open book, there’s no allure.

British fashion is self confident and fearless. It refuses to bow to commerce, thus generating a constant flow of new ideas whilst drawing in British heritage.

I always wanted to be a designer. I read books on fashion from the age of 12.

Menswear is about subtlety. It’s about good style and good taste.

When I’m dead and gone, people will know that the twenty-first century was started by Alexander McQueen.

I think I should be a president. President of the United States.

I work with people I admire and respect. It’s never because of who they are.

For people who know McQueen, there is always an underlying message. It’s usually only the intellectual ones who understand what’s going on in what I do.

I find beauty in the grotesque, like most artists.

I came to terms with not fitting in a long time ago. I never really fitted in. I don’t want to fit in. And now people are buying into that.

My relationships with producers or photographers – these are relationships that took years.

There is something sinister, something quite biographical about what I do – but that part is for me. It’s my personal business. I think there is a lot of romance, melancholy. There’s a sadness to it, but there’s romance in sadness. I suppose I am a very melancholy person.