Alexander McQueen: A Retrospective

Alexander McQueen: We take a look back at the British Designer's crowning fashion moments

A Style Star is Born

A much-loved and much-celebrated member of the British style industry, Alexander McQueen was born in 1969 in the East End of London. He showed a passion for fashion from a young age, making dresses for his sisters, and launching straight into his chosen career at the age of 16, as an apprentice on Savile Row. After a brief stint pattern cutting in Milan, he returned to London and enrolled at Central Saint Martin's. He graduated in 1992 with a collection entitled Jack the Ripper Stalking his Victims. The entire collection was bought by uber-stylist Isabella Blow, who quickly became his champion.

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