"I was this young boy and I saw this man with his hands round my sister's neck, I was just standing there with her two children beside me... Everything I've done since then was for the purpose of making women look stronger, not naïve. And so, when everyone started saying I was a misogynist, that really freaked me out. They didn't know me. They didn't know what I had seen in my life. That was the first part of fashion that I hated - people labeling me without knowing me."

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Source: Are the British really the worst-dressed tourists? by Angela Balakrishnan, www.theguardian.com. May 24, 2007.

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Alexander McQueen

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Alexander McQueen was a groundbreaking British fashion designer known for his provocative designs and theatrical runway shows that challenged conventional beauty.

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