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McQueen

I said to him,"OK, I'm looking for a new jacket. "I have in my mind this shape "but my...

I said to him,
"OK, I'm looking for a new jacket. "I have in my mind this shape "but my tailors,
they cannot reach that shape

Full Transcript

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I said to him, "OK, I'm looking for a new jacket.
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"I have in my mind this shape
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"but my tailors, they cannot reach that shape.
Duration
9 seconds
Views
28
Timestamp in Movie
00:08:35
Uploaded
Jun 30, 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.
"Maybe you can help me to do it." - McQueen 00:16
"Maybe you can help me to do it."
We did the second fitting and again I take out the lining, - McQueen 00:07
We did the second fitting and again I take out the lining,
Third fitting I say, "No, it's incorrect." - McQueen 00:35
Third fitting I say, "No, it's incorrect."
You can't teach talent. - McQueen 00:23
You can't teach talent.
I hate to even say this but it was true. - McQueen 00:04
I hate to even say this but it was true.
...boy with a bundle of clothes over his arm outside my office. - McQueen 00:05
...boy with a bundle of clothes over his arm outside my offi...
So I said to him, "Who are you looking for?" - McQueen 00:10
So I said to him, "Who are you looking for?"
The whole thing intrigued me. He was passionate. - McQueen 00:07
The whole thing intrigued me. He was passionate.
I found myself saying, - McQueen 00:09
I found myself saying,
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