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Alexander McQueen
The fashion designer who shocked the world in 1995 with an outrageous collection.
In 1995, the London designer, Alexander McQueen, shocked the fashion world with a collection that featured kilts, low-slung trousers and acres of naked flesh. It was the start of a meteoric career that led him to one of the most prestigious fashion houses in Paris. Vincent Dowd talks to three people who knew Alexander Mcqueen well.
(Photo: Alexander Mcqueen. Credit: Press Association).
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