Alexander McQueen Born in the east end in 1970‚ Alexander McQueen was to become the most influential designer in British fashion. Influencing the high heeled shoe right through to suit tailoring‚ his extensive knowledge changed the face of contemporary fashion. Growing up in a council flat in Stratham‚ Lee McQueen lived with his taxi driver father and science teacher mother. Dropping out of school at age 16‚ McQueen devoted himself entirely to British fashion. Saville Row tailors Anderson and
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Jane Wang Second draft research paper Jul 30h‚ 2012 Alexander McQueen “Creativity is a very fragile thing‚ and Lee was very fragile‚” said the milliner Philip Treacy‚ who had worked with Alexander McQueen. McQueen‚ a British genius fashion designer creating a large amount of provocative works in last two decades‚ committed a suicide because of the suicide of Isabella Blow and the loss of his mother‚ who were two important supporters of his design (Wilson 89)
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McQueens Themes: If there was ever a designer whose soul intention was to encompass the victim and the survivor in his creations‚ it would be McQueen. As his collection grew so did his need to empower woman‚ transforming the weak and incapable through his garments; he created a warrior‚ uncovered beauty when it wasn’t visible to the untrained eye and romanticised what most would view as tragic. In doing so he managed to capture the attention of the fashion world as a whole‚ despite being misunderstood
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2012 Alexander McQueen Alexander McQueen was born March 17‚ 1969 in Lewisham‚ London. He was the youngest of six children. He knew he wanted to be a fashion designer when he started making dresses for his three sisters at a young age. He left school at 16 to go on an apprenticeship with Savile Row where he earned his reputation in the fashion world. He attended Central Saint Martins College of Art and Design and earned a masters degree in fashion design. McQueen has been credited with
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Ronit Berger Report 1 – Victimisation - Alexander McQueen Victimisation The contemporary designer whose design philosophy best reflects Evan’s analysis of McQueen’s representations on the theme of ‘Victimisation’ is the label Victor & Rolf. Victor & Rolf’s design philosophy is ‘originality and traditions‚ glamour‚ avant-garde‚ conceptual- couture’ (FashionTraveler.com‚ 2011:1). The Victor & Rolf collection I have chosen from is Autumn/Winter 2008/2009 in order to illustrate my views and compare
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Fashion Fundamentals Final Paper Christian Dior and Alexander McQueen There are many designers in the fashion industry. Few make some kind of an impact on fashion but most designers rarely have any impact at all. It is truly a once in a generation that designer comes along and completely alters the fashion universe and becomes a legend. Two examples of fashion designers that are this rare are Christian Dior and Alexander McQueen. Christian Dior’s life span was before mine but his great impact
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Lee Alexander McQueen born on March 17‚ 1969 and passed away on February 11‚ 2010 in London‚ United Kingdom. He was known as simply Alexander McQueen to the fashion world. McQueen’s dad was a cab driver and his mother was a schoolteacher who taught Social Science. He was youngest of six children. He knew at a young age of three of his homosexuality and children used to make fun of him for it. He states that‚ “Actually‚ yeah. I would wear my sister’s clothes and people wouldn’t recognise it because
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Bruce Lee and his incredible movies in the early 1970s‚ it’s arguable whether or not the martial arts film genre would have ever penetrated and influenced mainstream western cinema & audiences the way it has over the past three decades. The influence of Asian martial arts cinema can be seen today in so many other film genres including comedies‚ action‚ drama‚ science fiction‚ horror and animation.....and they all have their roots in the phenomenon that was Bruce Lee Bruce Lee was born "Lee Juan
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Chinatown. His name was Bruce Lee; a famous film actor and a martial arts expert. He was not only a domestic film star; he was an international superstar which made the influence in the early Hollywood moviedom. Bruce Lee’s father Lee Hoi-Chuen was a Hong Kong Cantonese opera singer and film actor. Before Bruce Lee was born‚ Lee Hoi-Chuen and his wife were in San Francisco for a one-year U.S. Tour with his Cantonese Opera Company. While they are in the tour‚ Bruce Lee was born‚ and he officially got
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Bruce Lee: Martial Artist Actor With a fast flurry of kicks and punches you would be down in almost less than a minute. He was the type of person you wouldn’t want to meet on the streets and/or threaten or anger. By using his special techniques he was known as one of the top champions who competed in many martial arts tournaments. His fast movements could startle you as you would have no choice‚ but to awe in utter amazement as you helplessly watched bodies fly. Who is this incredible man who could
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