You've got to know the rules to break them. That's what I'm here for, to demolish the rules but to keep the tradition.

- Alexander Mcqueen

It's the ugly things I notice more, because other people tend to ignore the ugly things.

- Alexander Mcqueen

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-a…

- Alexander Mcqueen

There comes a time in your life when you focus solely on what you believe is right, regardless of what everybody else is doing.

- Alexander Mcqueen

I am constantly trying to reflect the way women are treated. It's hard to interpret that in clothes or in a show but there's always an underlying, si…

- Alexander Mcqueen

I want people to be afraid of the women I dress.

- Alexander Mcqueen

Fashion should be a form of escapism, and not a form of imprisonment.

- Alexander Mcqueen

The world needs fantasy, not reality. We have enough reality today

- Alexander Mcqueen

I use things that people want to hide in their heads. War, religion, sex; things we all think about, but don’t bring to the forefront. But I do and I…

- Alexander Mcqueen