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When we arrived at Givenchy, everybody was kind of like bending their head to him and...

When we arrived at Givenchy, everybody was kind of like bending their head to him and calling him
Monsieur McQueen, which was like, "They're calling you
Monsieur McQueen? Here?"

Full Transcript

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When we arrived at Givenchy,
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everybody was kind of like
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bending their head to him
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and calling him Monsieur McQueen,
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which was like, "They're calling you Monsieur McQueen? Here?"
Duration
14 seconds
Views
30
Timestamp in Movie
00:43:41
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.
When we arrived I think they were in shock. - McQueen 00:18
When we arrived I think they were in shock.
We was just like a bunch of young kids running about in Givenchy. - McQueen 00:08
We was just like a bunch of young kids running about in Give...
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