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Lee Alexander McQueen was born on 17 March 1969 at University Hospital Lewisham in Lewisham, London, [5] to Ronald and Joyce McQueen, the youngest of six children. [6] [7] His Scottish father worked as a London taxi driver, and his mother a social science teacher.
Pink frock coat with thorn print from Jack the Ripper at Alexander McQueen: Savage Beauty (Victoria and Albert Museum, 2011). Jack the Ripper Stalks His Victims is the first collection by British designer Alexander McQueen, produced as the thesis collection for his master's degree in fashion at Central Saint Martins (CSM) art school.
British designer Alexander McQueen designed 36 womenswear collections under his eponymous fashion label during a career that lasted from 1992 until his death in 2010. [a] [3] As a designer, McQueen was known for sharp tailoring, historicism, and imaginative designs that often verged into the controversial. [4]
British fashion designer Alexander McQueen was known for his imaginative, sometimes controversial designs, and dramatic fashion shows. [1] [2] During his nearly twenty-year career, he explored a broad range of ideas and themes, including historicism, romanticism, femininity, sexuality, and death.
Taxi Driver (Autumn/Winter 1993) is the second collection by the British designer Alexander McQueen for his eponymous fashion house. It was named after the 1976 film Taxi Driver, and his father, a London taxicab driver. McQueen developed the collection following his 1992 graduation from Central Saint Martins art school. At the time he was ...
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McQueen enlisted Ungless to create printed fabric based on Escher's designs, and Ungless, then a print technician at CSM, stole fabric from the school to use as a base. [ 10 ] [ 26 ] Ungless laid out a concept based on McQueen's request to have a print with "garden birds", but described the result as "awful – like a Christmas card gone wrong ...
The website of The Covenant School, a Presbyterian school founded in 2001, lists a Katherine Koonce as the head of the school. Her LinkedIn profile says she has led the school since July 2016.