"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."
"Some couture collections have everything including the kitchen sink! Everything gets thrown on to make it look expensive. I find it grotesque when clothes hit you in the face and there's no room for fault. But I don't expect to turn things around all by myself. I'm not a saint."
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Source: Remembering Alexander McQueen. Interview with Karl Plewka, www.interviewmagazine.com. April 1997.
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