Alexander McQueen

“Really, what I'm aiming for is world domination!”

“When I'm dead and gone, people will know that the twenty-first century was started by Alexander McQueen.”

“When a woman gets dressed up to go out at night, she wants to give 50% away, and hold the rest back. If you're an open book, there's no allure.”

“I've had good times; I've had bad times.”

“The turnover of fashion is just so quick and so throwaway, and I think that is a big part of the problem. There is no longevity.”

“British fashion is self confident and fearless. It refuses to bow to commerce, thus generating a constant flow of new ideas whilst drawing in British heritage.”

“I can't get sucked into that celebrity thing, because I think it's just crass.”

“Some couture collections have everything including the kitchen sink! Everything gets thrown on to make it look expensive. I find it grotesque when clothes hit you in the face and there's no...”

“I like the concept of dressing people. I used to not care whether people bought the clothes or not, but I kind of like it now. I wouldn't label that commercialism; it's more like I do this w...”

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

“Clothes and jewellery should be startling, individual. When you see a woman in my clothes, you want to know more about them. To me, that is what distinguishes good designers from bad designe...”

“I come from a different era and I design clothes for our era. I think of people I want to dress when I design.”

“I think the idea of mixing luxury and mass-market fashion is very modern, very now - no one wears head-to-toe designer anymore.”

“I always wanted to be a designer. I read books on fashion from the age of 12.”

“As a designer, you've always got to push yourself forward; you've always got to keep up with the trends or make your own trends. That's what I do.”

“It's a new era in fashion - there are no rules. It's all about the individual and personal style, wearing high-end, low-end, classic labels, and up-and-coming designers all together.”

“There are only a handful of designers that influence other designers, and I have to keep one step ahead of the game.”

“I'm interested in designing for posterity.”

“I want to empower women. I want people to be afraid of the women I dress.”

“I want to empower women.”