"On behalf of Lee McQueen's family, Alexander McQueen today announces the tragic news that
Lee McQueen, the founder and designer of the Alexander McQueen brand has been found dead at his home," his office announced. "At this stage it is inappropriate to comment on this tragic news beyond saying that we are devastated and are sharing a sense of shock and grief with Lee's family.
Lee's family has asked for privacy in order to come to terms with this terrible news and we hope the media will respect this."
Vogue editor Alexandra Shulman paid tribute to McQueen this afternoon: "Lee McQueen influenced a whole generation of designers. His brilliant imagination knew no bounds as he conjured up collection after collection of extraordinary designs. At one level he was a master of the fantastic, creating astounding fashions shows that mixed design, technology and performance and on another he was a modern day genius whose gothic aesthetic was adopted by women the world over. His death is the hugest loss to anyone who knew him and for very many who didn't."
Born in the East End in 1970, McQueen studied at Central Saint Martins and trained on Savile Row where he famously wrote messages in the linings of suits being made for HRH The Prince of Wales. Once the enfant terrible of British fashion, he graduated to being one of Britain's most internationally successful and was named British Designer of the Year in 1996 when he was just 27, in 1997 (when he won it jointly with John Galliano), in 2001 and in 2003.
Close to his mother and father, a taxi driver, McQueen often paid tribute to them and admitted that the only reason he discarded his natural rebellion and accepted a CBE from the Queen in 2003 was to please them. He was devastated by the death of his mother earlier this month.
Information taken from Vogue UK Online...
Sigh...R.I.P He was one of the world most inventive designers, a huge lost to the fashion world and to me, he was someone I really looked up to!
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