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McQueen

I found myself saying, "Well, I think you should comeon my course." And I couldn't offer...

I found myself saying, "Well, I think you should come
on my course." And I couldn't offer him money.
That was really sad

Full Transcript

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I found myself saying,
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"Well, I think you should come on my course."
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And I couldn't offer him money. That was really sad.
Duration
9 seconds
Views
34
Timestamp in Movie
00:10:31
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.
Aunt Renee said she had money in the bank, - McQueen 00:06
Aunt Renee said she had money in the bank,
She'd worked in the rag trade. - McQueen 00:27
She'd worked in the rag trade.
And he laughed all the time, so he was just funny and disrespectful. - McQueen 00:16
And he laughed all the time, so he was just funny and disres...
And he was not frightened to tell people, "I know better than you." - McQueen 00:12
And he was not frightened to tell people, "I know bette...
But he used it. He used it as I intended him to use it. - McQueen 00:04
But he used it. He used it as I intended him to use it.
And he'd come to a painting or a book - McQueen 00:09
And he'd come to a painting or a book
And that was it. He reinterpreted things in his way. - McQueen 00:05
And that was it. He reinterpreted things in his way.
It wasn't filtered through, as with a lot of us - McQueen 00:07
It wasn't filtered through, as with a lot of us
He knew where to go for everything. London was his town. - McQueen 00:05
He knew where to go for everything. London was his town.
"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...