He finally returned to London in 1994 where he completed the MA Fashion course at Central Saint Martins. He then gained further experience at neighbouring tailors Gieves and Hawkes.įrom there, McQueen moved to the theatrical costumiers Angels and Bermans, where he mastered six methods of pattern cutting, from the melodramatic 16th century to the brutally sharp tailoring that became a McQueen signature.Īged 20, McQueen was employed by the designer Koji Tatsuno, who also had roots in British tailoring, and a year later he travelled to Milan to be Romeo Gigli's design assistant. Alexander McQueen is a fashion label, founded by the late Lee Alexander McQueen. Born in London in 1969, the youngest of six children, McQueen left school at 16 and went straight into an apprenticeship at the traditional Savile Row tailors Anderson and Sheppard.
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