Alexander McQueen – FIB 5 minute Web-Doco – MASTERS OF FASHION Vol. 39 “Renegades”

One only needed to look at the nature of Alexander McQueen’s work – the inherent violence and melancholy in every piece – to see there was a deep and permeable wound at the core of the young designer. Being sexually abused by the husband of his eldest sister Janice from age nine, and having watched on various occasions when she had been beaten, McQueen’s work held an air of darkness, violence, sadness, and shock value.


Discover more ‘Renegades’ in the realm of fashion design in your very own copy of Masters of Fashion Vol. 39, available now from Amazon. 

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Written by: Charlie O’Brien
Editor: Sabrina Calero