Born in London on March 17th 1969, Alexander McQueen was the youngest of six children. At the age of 16 he was offered an apprenticeship at the traditional Saville Row tailors which was followed by many other great opportunities with tailors, who were masters at the technical construction of clothing.

At the age of 20 McQueen was certainly heading into the right direction, with a job at Koji Tasuno, a year later to Milan and a Master's degree in Fashion Design at Central Saint Martin's.

”I actually went there to teach pattern cutting, and ended up doing the master's degree. I only had one O-level in art so it was quite cool.", said McQueen. In 1992 he showcased his MA collection, which was famously bought by Isabella Blow.

Alexander McQueen's shows and timeless pieces always had an emotional power, with a mix of romantic and contemporary nature. All of his shows were very expressive, leaving his mark on every single one of them and shine. You could notice the combination of arts and crafts, in-depth working knowledge of British tailoring, fine workmanship of French Haute Couture atelier and the amazing finish of Italian manufacturing.

In a period less than ten years, McQueen became one of the most respected fashion designers and in 1996 he was the Chief Designer at Givenchy and until 2001.

Besides being the Creative Director at Gucci, they also acquired 51% of his collection. He started expanding with his flagship stores in New York, London, Milan, Las Vegas and Los Angeles. Some of McQueen's many accomplishments included being one of the youngest designers to achieve the title "British Designer of the Year" which he won four times between 1996 and 2003.

McQueen became the first designer to participate in MAC's promotion of cosmetic releases created by fashion designers and his collection, which was released in October 2007, and reflected the looks used on the Autumn/Winter catwalk. Inspired by Elizabeth Taylor's movie Cleopatra, the models has intense, blue and green eyes with black liner extended Egyptian Style and he handpicked the makeup.

In 2007, Isabella Blow, a dear friend of Alexander McQueen committed suicide and he received a lot of press attention, which he resented. "It's so much bollocks. These people just don't know what they're talking about. They don't know me. They don't know my relationship with Isabella. It's complete bullshit. People can talk; you can ask her sisters ... That part of the industry, they should stay away from my life, or mine and Isabella's life. What I had with Isabella was completely dissociated from fashion, beyond fashion."

He focused on scuba diving and used his passion as an inspiration for his show, October 2009, "Plato's Atlantis".

Alexander McQueen's death was announced on the afternoon of 11 February 2010. One week before London Fashion Week and nine days after the death of his mother. His death came as a shock to all of us, but his remarkable talent, designs and unforgettable shows, will always be a witness of how talented and how passionate he was about his work and we certainly respect that.

On 18 February 2010, Robert Polet, the president and chief executive of the Gucci Group announced that the Alexander McQueen business would carry on without its founder and creative director. He also added that a McQueen collection would be presented during Paris Fashion Week. He left behind two unseen collections; one to be shown at Paris Fashion Week and the other one was supposed to be presented on the day of his death announcement for his secondary McQ line.

One of our favorite quotes by Alexander McQueen is: “I kind of like it the way it is right now, I believe in that one-on-one sell. I don't really believe in flooding the market with loads of goods that don't mean much, and (you) lose your identity.”

He obviously knew how important it is for a luxury brand to have a specific identity and that quality is far more important that quantity.

We went over all of Alexander Mcqueen's collections, starting from his first show in London Fashion Week 2001, and picked all of our favorites and most artistic ones. May he rest in peace.