Comments on: ‘Til Death Do Us Part: Alexander McQueen

By: Week of Links 2/14 | Tomorrow Museum

Week of Links 2/14 | Tomorrow Museum — Sun, 14 Feb 2010 19:34:38 +0000

[...] greatest visionaries this week. RIP Alexander McQueen. (WWD, Daphne Guinness, The Telegraph, Coilhouse, Unlikely Worlds, Daniel Hernandez, Tavi.) Iain Sinclair on JG Ballard’s artistic legacy. [...]

By: Vinnie

Vinnie — Sun, 14 Feb 2010 03:16:23 +0000

he’s soaring in the Cosmos wrestling with Leigh Bowery and singing with Klaus Nomi

By: Tequila

Tequila — Fri, 12 Feb 2010 12:37:43 +0000

@Mer…That part was more of a reaction to a handful of comments I’d come across while reading various bits of news. Apologies if it sounded like a response to what somebody had written here. I should have been a bit more clear as to why I had written that.

By: alistar

alistar — Fri, 12 Feb 2010 06:53:01 +0000

I found this out late in my day, the news was such a terrible blow. I wanted to cry when I read the news, that I was on transit at the time I didn’t. The world seems a little less bright without his bit of inspiration and creativity adding to it.
I can certainly empathize with how he left the world. It just doesn’t stop me from being a bit maudlin over it. I hope they go on with his show that he had planned in the coming weeks, so we can all savor his creativity one last time.

By: Mer

Mer — Fri, 12 Feb 2010 06:19:22 +0000

“In terms of HOW he left, it’s hard to judge him badly.”

I don’t think anyone is, T. It’s just really shocking and sad.

By: Alice

Alice — Fri, 12 Feb 2010 02:59:39 +0000

Too, too tragic. I’ll be poring over his collections for days straight now, I’m sure.

By: Tequila

Tequila — Fri, 12 Feb 2010 02:59:01 +0000

It’s a great loss. His work was inspiring even to those of us who have little interest in fashion as a whole. I’ll miss seeing his designs for men the most…

In terms of HOW he left, it’s hard to judge him badly. It’d be great to have such people around forever but it just doesn’t work out that way. We’ll no doubt get many trying to explain WHY for the next weeks and years really, but it’s far better to look back on his work and enjoy it all over again. He gave enough of himself that it’s hard to feel cheated.

Hope he found peace. He’ll be terribly missed.

By: fortheloveofthestars

fortheloveofthestars — Fri, 12 Feb 2010 02:52:07 +0000

I heard this this morning before work, and it was so hard to go in. He was my most favorite fashion designer ever.He was too damn young. He must have been in a lot of pain. How dreadful. Thank you for posting this lovely little tribute.

By: Vivacious G

Vivacious G — Fri, 12 Feb 2010 01:36:44 +0000

This makes my heart hurt for so many reasons. One being when I was in fashion design school and saw his work for the first time and thought, “Yes! Another one on our side!”

By: Emily I.

Emily I. — Fri, 12 Feb 2010 01:10:41 +0000

Very well said. So sad about this.

I’ve spent the past hour or so ripping through old videos of his shows on youtube.