"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."
"The turnover of fashion is just so quick and so throwaway, and I think that is a big part of the problem. There is no longevity."
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Source: McQueen Leaves Fashion in Ruins by Eric Wilson, www.nytimes.com. March 11, 2009.
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