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We was just like a bunchof young kids running about in Givenchy. Were they surprisedyou...

We was just like a bunch
of young kids running about in Givenchy. Were they surprised
you were chosen?

Full Transcript

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We was just like a bunch of young kids running about in Givenchy.
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Were they surprised you were chosen?
Duration
8 seconds
Views
35
Timestamp in Movie
00:44:28
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.
Well, I think that it put most people in a coma when I got chosen! - McQueen 00:05
Well, I think that it put most people in a coma when I got c...
All of a sudden, we're there, - McQueen 00:17
All of a sudden, we're there,
And there we are with Alexander McQueen, - McQueen 00:24
And there we are with Alexander McQueen,
This is Paris and Paris chic. This is Givenchy, this is not McQueen. - McQueen 00:18
This is Paris and Paris chic. This is Givenchy, this is not ...
Lee asked Catherine DeLondres, who was in charge of the atelier, - McQueen 00:12
Lee asked Catherine DeLondres, who was in charge of the atel...
"Please let her in." - McQueen 00:13
"Please let her in."
And we also treated it, bonding plastic over the top - McQueen 00:08
And we also treated it, bonding plastic over the top
None of us spoke French - McQueen 00:06
None of us spoke French
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...