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McQueen

"Maybe you can help me to do it." And we start to do that jacket and within the first...

"Maybe you can help me to do it." And we start to do that jacket and within the first fitting I say, "No, it's wrong.
That is not what I'm looking for." So with the tailor,
with Lee, they did one more

Full Transcript

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"Maybe you can help me to do it."
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And we start to do that jacket
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and within the first fitting
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I say, "No, it's wrong. That is not what I'm looking for."
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So with the tailor, with Lee, they did one more.
Duration
16 seconds
Views
27
Timestamp in Movie
00:08:43
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.
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
H had the history of the East End. - McQueen 00:27
H had the history of the East End.