"You've got to know the rules to break them. That's what I'm here for, to demolish the rules but to keep the tradition."
"I like the concept of dressing people. I used to not care whether people bought the clothes or not, but I kind of like it now. I wouldn't label that commercialism; it's more like I do this work because I want people to wear it."
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Source: The Real McQueen by Susannah Frankel, www.harpersbazaar.com. April 1, 2007.
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