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McQueen

He absorbed things like a sponge, saw the beauty in the ugly, as with the bandages on me

He absorbed things like a sponge, saw the beauty in the ugly, as with the bandages on me

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He absorbed things like a sponge,
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saw the beauty in the ugly,
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as with the bandages on me.
Duration
7 seconds
Views
21
Timestamp in Movie
01:13:07
Uploaded
Jun 27, 2025
Genres
documentary, biography
Production
Salon Pictures,Misfits Entertainment,Creativity Capital,Moving Pictures Media,Time Based Arts,The Electric Shadow Company,Commondeer Films

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Movie Summary

The life and career of fashion designer Lee Alexander McQueen: from his start as a tailor, to launching and overseeing his eponymous line and his untimely death.
Life isn't perfect. We're not a“ perfect size-zero models. - McQueen 00:08
Life isn't perfect. We're not a“ perfect size-zero...
For the final image to be this one - McQueen 00:13
For the final image to be this one
Every season whose collections do I look at? - McQueen 00:06
Every season whose collections do I look at?
Whose collections do I think are absolutely amazing? - McQueen 00:04
Whose collections do I think are absolutely amazing?
Tom was literally God In the industry. - McQueen 00:16
Tom was literally God In the industry.
Also he was smart enough to know - McQueen 00:05
Also he was smart enough to know
The wonderful thing about Lee is he is poet... - McQueen 00:04
The wonderful thing about Lee is he is poet...
...poet and commerce united, because he's very practical. - McQueen 00:05
...poet and commerce united, because he's very practica...
So he understands you can express whatever you want on the runway - McQueen 00:07
So he understands you can express whatever you want on the r...
Gucci Group was smart. They saw what the potential was. - McQueen 00:28
Gucci Group was smart. They saw what the potential was.
I was looking for major investment - McQueen 00:07
I was looking for major investment
I have an affinity with the sea. I don't know, maybe cos I'm Pisces. - McQueen 00:05
I have an affinity with the sea. I don't know, maybe co...
And when it rains and it snows - McQueen 00:07
And when it rains and it snows
H's very melancholic but it's very romantic. - McQueen 00:19
H's very melancholic but it's very romantic.
I have to be surrounded by nature. - McQueen 00:12
I have to be surrounded by nature.
All my friends come here and, you know, - McQueen 00:11
All my friends come here and, you know,
He would be spending time with my mum a lot, down the cottage. - McQueen 00:05
He would be spending time with my mum a lot, down the cottag...
I'm grateful that we had that time together. - McQueen 00:08
I'm grateful that we had that time together.
My family keep me grounded. - McQueen 00:06
My family keep me grounded.
When I started in London there was nothing like this. - McQueen 00:08
When I started in London there was nothing like this.