If ever a fashion designer was an artist it was Lee. Aworking class lad and proud of it he stole the focus from France. After the death of his mother Joyce on 2nd february he was broken and found dead yesterday moening at his home. Rumour says he hanged himself. The phrase 'enfant terrible' is in any piece of writing about Lee. From writing 'I am a cunt' on the inner lining of a suit intended for Prince Charles to wearing a 'we love you Kate' t shirt after Kate Mosses career looked to be hanging on a thread after her cocaine bust.
Aged just 40 he had been honoured by the British Fashion Design Council as designer of the year on 4 occassions and was awarded the CBE in 2003. A show in the Conciergerie in Paris, achill dungeon where Marie Antoinette was heald before her execution, starred a model in lilac hooded coat, guarded by wolves. The show with a gold pyramid with hologram of Kate Moss inside. In one London show, the audience was seated around a giant mirrored cube which gradually turned transparent so that they could see the models on a padded white floor while the models saw just reflections of themselves. The show where he had his models on a giant chess board, models wqearing antlers, amputee models. McQueen was never an air kissing luvie and chose to socialise with his own friends. His manner to nosy or insincere people was brutal, gruff, rude. Gay but never a puff. Londons upcoming fashion week will have a dark shadow over it.
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