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McQueen

You can't teach talent. But what you can do is make them betterat what they do, or more...

You can't teach talent. But what you can do is make them better
at what they do, or more professional. And to me, the whole thinking
behind this MA was to make them work in teams,
working together, as you do in the fashion world. I saw this unprepossessing,
I must say, very shabby, very unattractive

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You can't teach talent.
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But what you can do is make them better at what they do, or more professional.
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And to me, the whole thinking behind this MA
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was to make them work in teams, working together,
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as you do in the fashion world.
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I saw this unprepossessing, I must say,
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very shabby,
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very unattractive...
Duration
23 seconds
Views
51
Timestamp in Movie
00:09:42
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.
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.
The pieces went past me and they moved in a way I've never seen. - McQueen 00:11
The pieces went past me and they moved in a way I've ne...
He would do a black coat and then he'd line it with human hair. - McQueen 00:10
He would do a black coat and then he'd line it with hum...
And I just thought, - McQueen 00:19
And I just thought,