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McQueen

His first showswere unbelievable. People were winded by them. People walked out.Quite a...

His first shows
were unbelievable. People were winded by them. People walked out.
Quite a few acerbic reviews

Full Transcript

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His first shows were unbelievable.
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People were winded by them.
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People walked out. Quite a few acerbic reviews.
Duration
8 seconds
Views
43
Timestamp in Movie
00:22:44
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.
But everything else before paled into comparison. - McQueen 00:09
But everything else before paled into comparison.
I want you to come out either feeling repulsed or exhilarated. - McQueen 00:07
I want you to come out either feeling repulsed or exhilarate...
If you leave without emotion, then I'm not doing myjob properly. - McQueen 00:04
If you leave without emotion, then I'm not doing myjob ...
That's the thing about Alexander. I think his clothes are very emotional. - McQueen 00:04
That's the thing about Alexander. I think his clothes a...
This coat is, like, based on a tramp, - McQueen 00:08
This coat is, like, based on a tramp,
Then you have all this passion and love - McQueen 00:08
Then you have all this passion and love
The idea of the collection was never to produce. - McQueen 00:11
The idea of the collection was never to produce.
They were impossible to reproduce. - McQueen 00:05
They were impossible to reproduce.
Lee started doing bumsters. - McQueen 00:29
Lee started doing bumsters.
You could give Alexander £500 - McQueen 00:05
You could give Alexander £500
He saw some cling film and said "I'm gonna make a dress out of that. " - McQueen 00:17
He saw some cling film and said "I'm gonna make a ...
But, through that weird alchemy of being cut and made by Lee, - McQueen 00:10
But, through that weird alchemy of being cut and made by Lee...
"We need someone to fly over with the dress on Concorde." - McQueen 00:07
"We need someone to fly over with the dress on Concorde...
That's almost the period where I think, - McQueen 00:16
That's almost the period where I think,
And I was that tired that I just dropped the tray - McQueen 00:06
And I was that tired that I just dropped the tray
And I thought, "This is a weird world, - McQueen 00:10
And I thought, "This is a weird world,
You're doing fucking fab shows but you've got to start living. - McQueen 00:04
You're doing fucking fab shows but you've got to s...
The Clothes Show, you know, BBC One. - McQueen 00:12
The Clothes Show, you know, BBC One.
Because I was doing the shows - McQueen 00:11
Because I was doing the shows
I really worked that East End yob, - McQueen 00:16
I really worked that East End yob,