http://www.alexandermcqueen.com/gb/alexandermcqueen Lee Alexander McQueen, CBE (17 March 1969 – 11 February 2010) was a British fashion designer and couturier.[2] He is known for having worked as chief designer at Givenchy from 1996 to 2001 and for founding his own Alexander McQueen label.[2] His achievements in fashion earned him four British Designer of the Year awards (1996, 1997, 2001 and 2003), as well as the CFDA's International Designer of the Year award in 2003 Born on 17 March 1969 in Lewisham, London, to Scottish[3] taxi driver Ronald[4] and social science teacher Joyce, McQueen was the youngest of six children.[5][6] While he reportedly grew up in a council flat,[7] the McQueens had lived in a terraced house in Stratford since McQueen was less than a year old.[8] He attended Carpenters Road Primary School, started making dresses for his three sisters at a young age, and announced his intention to become a fashion designer.[9] McQueen later attended Rokeby School and left aged 16 in 1985 with one O-level in art,[5] going on to serve an apprenticeship with Savile Row tailors Anderson & Sheppard, before joining Gieves & Hawkes and, later, the theatrical costumiers Angels and Bermans.[10] The skills he learned as an apprentice on Savile Row helped earn him a reputation in the fashion world as an expert in creating an impeccably tailored look. ALEXANDER MCQ: MORE : http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Alexander_McQueen
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