Alexander McQueen
Alexander McQueen
Dubbed 'enfant terrible', as Jean Paul Gaultier was in the 80's, Alexander McQueen has manipulated his own fashion career to become one of the youngest fashion designers to achieve 'British Designer of the Year' in 1996.
He also won this prestigious fashion award in 1997, 2001 and 2003 also.
Known for his brutally sharp Tailoring, he was born in the East End of London in 1969.
Alexander McQueen graduated from Central St Martins College of Art & Design in 1991.
He won an apprenticeship with fashionable Savile Row Tailors Anderson & Sheppard and went on to work for Romeo Gigli and Koji Tatsuno before opening his own fashion studio.
With the launch of his low-cut "bumsters" on his own fashion label - McQueen attracted tabloid headlines.
In 1996 he was named successor to fashion designer John Galliano as the new chief designer at Givenchy.
In 1997 he produced four haute couture collections for Givenchy and two fashion collections for his own label.
He remained with the Givenchy fashion house until 2001 and in 2003 was awarded a CBE.
