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He knew where to go for everything. London was his town
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He knew where to go for everything.London was his town

He knew where to go for everything.
London was his town

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He knew where to go for everything. London was his town.
Duration
5 seconds
Views
55
Timestamp in Movie
00:12:05
Uploaded
Jun 26, 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.
"Where do I get my buttonholes?" - McQueen 00:33
"Where do I get my buttonholes?"
He called me when he was finishing the final collection - McQueen 00:09
He called me when he was finishing the final collection
H had the history of the East End. - McQueen 00:27
H had the history of the East End.
The pieces went past me and they moved in a way I've never seen. - McQueen 00:11
The pieces went past me and they moved in a way I've ne...
He would do a black coat and then he'd line it with human hair. - McQueen 00:10
He would do a black coat and then he'd line it with hum...
And I just thought, - McQueen 00:19
And I just thought,
If you're interested in late 20th-century clothes, - McQueen 00:06
If you're interested in late 20th-century clothes,
I was at American Vogue and Anna Wintour discovered me - McQueen 00:10
I was at American Vogue and Anna Wintour discovered me
I just knew. I rang up his mother and said, "You've produced a genius." - McQueen 00:07
I just knew. I rang up his mother and said, "You'v...
And his mother said to him, - McQueen 00:06
And his mother said to him,
Finally I got a little voice on the end of the line, "Hello?" - McQueen 00:09
Finally I got a little voice on the end of the line, "H...
I said, "That's 350, love. You can take it or leave it." - McQueen 00:05
I said, "That's 350, love. You can take it or leav...
It wasn't until I went to the Bluebird Garage collection - McQueen 00:18
It wasn't until I went to the Bluebird Garage collectio...
He'd worked every... Every inch of the way himself. - McQueen 00:06
He'd worked every... Every inch of the way himself.
Every fashion designer wants to create an illusion, - McQueen 00:08
Every fashion designer wants to create an illusion,
Clothes are really beautiful to work with, - McQueen 00:05
Clothes are really beautiful to work with,
It's all lovey-dovey and everything's fine in the world all the time. - McQueen 00:04
It's all lovey-dovey and everything's fine in the ...
In the '90s, you used to make clothes to go out. - McQueen 00:56
In the '90s, you used to make clothes to go out.
Lee was the badly-behaved, naughty school boy - McQueen 00:11
Lee was the badly-behaved, naughty school boy
At the time I first met Lee, Iwas living in Hoxton Square, - McQueen 00:12
At the time I first met Lee, Iwas living in Hoxton Square,