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The Clothes Show,you know, BBC One. At the time 12 million viewers.You're 22 years old....

The Clothes Show,
you know, BBC One. At the time 12 million viewers.
You're 22 years old. You're not in any of the shots and you're dictating the terms
on how you're going to appear

Full Transcript

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The Clothes Show, you know, BBC One.
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At the time 12 million viewers. You're 22 years old.
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You're not in any of the shots
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and you're dictating the terms on how you're going to appear.
Duration
12 seconds
Views
29
Timestamp in Movie
00:25:45
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.
Because I was doing the shows - McQueen 00:11
Because I was doing the shows
I really worked that East End yob, - McQueen 00:16
I really worked that East End yob,
He was aware how seductive that was. - McQueen 00:06
He was aware how seductive that was.
He was far from a bad boy. - McQueen 00:11
He was far from a bad boy.
I just remember this one time when I went round his house. - McQueen 00:23
I just remember this one time when I went round his house.
Like, honest, an honest place round here. - McQueen 00:04
Like, honest, an honest place round here.
You know where you stand, if you know what I mean. - McQueen 00:04
You know where you stand, if you know what I mean.
From our granddads, he got the sense of humour, - McQueen 00:05
From our granddads, he got the sense of humour,
I think that he struggled coming out of that background - McQueen 00:08
I think that he struggled coming out of that background
I'd told all my brothers and sisters and aunts, - McQueen 00:05
I'd told all my brothers and sisters and aunts,
He would come home at night and say, - McQueen 00:07
He would come home at night and say,
My dad could be a bit cutting sometimes, but he was joking. - McQueen 00:05
My dad could be a bit cutting sometimes, but he was joking.
And if you didn't know him, you'd probably take that the wrong way. - McQueen 00:05
And if you didn't know him, you'd probably take th...
Lee's father was saying, "Sell your clothes in Brick Lane," - McQueen 00:13
Lee's father was saying, "Sell your clothes in Bri...
From our nan he got that storytelling, - McQueen 00:06
From our nan he got that storytelling,
I think that really lent itself to his visions - McQueen 00:07
I think that really lent itself to his visions
She was very strong and powerful - McQueen 00:10
She was very strong and powerful
She made him feel like he could do anything. - McQueen 00:14
She made him feel like he could do anything.
She was looking into the genealogy of the McQueen family - McQueen 00:18
She was looking into the genealogy of the McQueen family
She encouraged the sort of fantasy - McQueen 00:06
She encouraged the sort of fantasy