Alexander McQueen Looks Quotations

What I do is look at ancient African tribes, and the way they dress. The rituals of how they dress. . . . There’s a lot of tribalism in the collections,

I never look at other people's work. My mind has to be completely focused on my own illusions.

Youth culture now really looks back and embraces the past, but keeps it contemporary but not sticking to one particular style.

When we put the antlers on the model and then draped over it the lace embroidery that we had made, we had to poke them through a £2,000 piece of work. But then it worked because it looks like she's rammed the piece of lace with her antlers. There's always spontaneity. You've got to allow for that in my shows.

Women should look like women. A piece of cardboard has no sexuality.