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None of us spoke French and the French atelierdidn't speak English

None of us spoke French and the French atelier
didn't speak English

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None of us spoke French
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and the French atelier didn't speak English.
Duration
6 seconds
Views
57
Timestamp in Movie
00:46:29
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.
Lee would actually draw in the air how it would have to be. - McQueen 00:08
Lee would actually draw in the air how it would have to be.
They're quite precise and like... They, like, take the threads out and... - McQueen 00:05
They're quite precise and like... They, like, take the ...
I just get the scissors and go, "Whack it off!" - McQueen 00:05
I just get the scissors and go, "Whack it off!"
And I go, "It's OK, it's only clothes." - McQueen 00:14
And I go, "It's OK, it's only clothes."
Haute couture is about the atelier. I come from Savile Row. - McQueen 00:25
Haute couture is about the atelier. I come from Savile Row.
"Alexander is eating with us!" - McQueen 00:17
"Alexander is eating with us!"
The ideas for the show, - McQueen 00:05
The ideas for the show,
And there was always mood boards and things pinned all over the walls. - McQueen 00:21
And there was always mood boards and things pinned all over ...
It was really insanely crazy. - McQueen 00:05
It was really insanely crazy.
In 25 days to put a 55-outfit collection together - McQueen 00:08
In 25 days to put a 55-outfit collection together
The first couture show had the theme of the Golden Fleece, - McQueen 00:20
The first couture show had the theme of the Golden Fleece,
I said, "We do horns?" He said, "Yeah, but do big." - McQueen 00:08
I said, "We do horns?" He said, "Yeah, but do...
"Give me the senior." - McQueen 00:09
"Give me the senior."
At the tender age of 27, - McQueen 00:09
At the tender age of 27,
Every model had to have a character, - McQueen 00:22
Every model had to have a character,
Always with Lee's collections, there were some pieces where you'd go, - McQueen 00:23
Always with Lee's collections, there were some pieces w...
"Look what he's doing to Givenchy." - McQueen 00:14
"Look what he's doing to Givenchy."
They actually brought England into Paris in their own unique way. - McQueen 00:05
They actually brought England into Paris in their own unique...
People were talking, fashion editors. - McQueen 00:21
People were talking, fashion editors.
They were wishing to see him crash and be destroyed. - McQueen 00:05
They were wishing to see him crash and be destroyed.