Alexander McQueen

My relationships with producers or photographers - these are relationships that took years. ”

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. ”

I was three years old when I started drawing. I did it all my life. ”

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

It's not my vision when I cover a woman's face with a chador. I got the idea from a 'National Geographic' photo. I'm just showing their plight in the world. ”

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

I'm mad in the front of my mind, but business-minded in the back. ”

There is something sinister, something quite biographical about what I do - but that part is for me. It's my personal business. I think there is a lot of romance, melancholy. There's a sadness to it, but there's romance in sadness. I suppose I am a very melancholy person. ”

I came to terms with not fitting in a long time ago. I never really fitted in. I don't want to fit in. And now people are buying into that. ”

Now I design what I want to wear, and it works that way. ”