"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."
"What I do is look at ancient African tribes, and the way they dress. The rituals of how they dress. . . . There's a lot of tribalism in the collections."
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Source: 10 Reasons To See Alexander McQueen: Savage Beauty at the V&A. www.elle.com. March 07, 2015.
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