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In the '90s,
you used to make clothes to go out. You used to make something
just for that night. You're going to this nightclub.
This person is on, or that DJ. "Right, what are we going to do?" t think Lee took everything.
t mean, that's one of Lee's strengths. He took a lot of Bowery/s aesthetic. It's transgressive, it's in-your-face. And he thought,
"How does this translate onto a runway?" Lee also used that language of fetish in terms of rubber
and latex and leather and put it into his fashion design. We started going out with each other
but part of me was thinking, "But also it's quite useful
cos I can sew as well. " It was literally anyone that could sew. It didn't matter whether they were
any good at sewing or not. Were they willing to come
and sit in the studio for, like, 16 hours a day? And were they going to be
fun to be around?
you used to make clothes to go out. You used to make something
just for that night. You're going to this nightclub.
This person is on, or that DJ. "Right, what are we going to do?" t think Lee took everything.
t mean, that's one of Lee's strengths. He took a lot of Bowery/s aesthetic. It's transgressive, it's in-your-face. And he thought,
"How does this translate onto a runway?" Lee also used that language of fetish in terms of rubber
and latex and leather and put it into his fashion design. We started going out with each other
but part of me was thinking, "But also it's quite useful
cos I can sew as well. " It was literally anyone that could sew. It didn't matter whether they were
any good at sewing or not. Were they willing to come
and sit in the studio for, like, 16 hours a day? And were they going to be
fun to be around?
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In the '90s,
you used to make clothes to go out.
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You used to make something
just for that night.
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You're going to this nightclub.
This person is on, or that DJ.
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"Right, what are we going to do?"
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t think Lee took everything.
t mean, that's one of Lee's strengths.
00:00:15.089 --> 00:00:18.814
He took a lot of Bowery/s aesthetic.
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It's transgressive, it's in-your-face.
00:00:22.048 --> 00:00:25.007
And he thought,
"How does this translate onto a runway?"
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Lee also used that language of fetish
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in terms of rubber
and latex and leather
00:00:32.782 --> 00:00:35.126
and put it into his fashion design.
00:00:36.911 --> 00:00:40.415
We started going out with each other
but part of me was thinking,
00:00:40.539 --> 00:00:43.418
"But also it's quite useful
cos I can sew as well. "
00:00:44.335 --> 00:00:46.178
It was literally anyone that could sew.
00:00:46.378 --> 00:00:49.427
It didn't matter whether they were
any good at sewing or not.
00:00:49.714 --> 00:00:51.717
Were they willing to come
and sit in the studio
00:00:51.842 --> 00:00:53.469
for, like, 16 hours a day?
00:00:53.636 --> 00:00:55.512
And were they going to be
fun to be around?
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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.
