Alexander McQueen (fashion house)
Alexander McQueen is a British luxury fashion house founded by the designer Alexander McQueen in 1992. After his death, Sarah Burton was its creative director, from 2010 to 2023. Its current creative director is Seán McGirr.
An Alexander McQueen dress from his last show, on display at the Victoria and Albert Museum, London, in 2009
A display from "Savage Beauty", a retrospective of Alexander McQueen designs at the Metropolitan Museum of Art, New York City, 2011
Alexander McQueen brand dress, 2011
An Alexander McQueen dress designed by Sarah Burton, Autumn 2019 collection
Lee Alexander McQueen was a British fashion designer and couturier. He founded his own Alexander McQueen label in 1992, and was chief designer at Givenchy from 1996 to 2001. His achievements in fashion earned him four British Designer of the Year awards, as well as the Council of Fashion Designers of America International Designer of the Year award in 2003. McQueen died by suicide in 2010 at the age of 40, at his home in Mayfair, London, shortly after the death of his mother.
McQueen at his Autumn 2009 collection
Black tailored suit from Bellmer La Poupée (Spring/Summer 1997)
Frock coat from Jack the Ripper Stalks His Victims, 1992. McQueen incorporated his own hair into the garment's lining and label.
Jacket from The Birds, Spring/Summer 1995
