His graduation collection, 'Jack the Ripper Stalks his Victims,' shocked and enthralled its audience. His mother Joyce is a homemaker and his father Ronald is a taxi driver.ġ985 : McQueen leaves school to apprentice as a tailor on Savile Row, first for Anderson & Sheppard, then for Gieves and Hawkes.ġ990: McQueen moves to Milan, getting a job as a design assistant to Italian designer Romeo Gigli.ġ992: McQueen earns a Master's Degree at Central Saint. To provide a map of his remarkable ascent and wide-ranging influence, we have put together a brief timeline of his life.ġ969: Lee Alexander McQueen is born in London, the youngest of six children. 'The most important question we wanted to answer was how this shy, working-class young man with no connections became 'Alexander McQueen,'' explains Ettedgui. In making McQueen, filmmakers Ian Bonhôte and Peter Ettedgui explore the rise of one of the 21 st century's most significant cultural figures by looking at the history and artistry of his work.

Despite his short life, his impact on fashion and culture was immeasurable. When Lee Alexander McQueen died tragically in 2010, he was only forty years old.

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