Alexander McQueen’s meteoric rꦛise from humble East London beginnings to dressing some of the world’s biggest stars is celebrated in a new film which opens in selected US cinemas on Friday 20 July.

Filmmaker Ian Bonhote’s McQueen combines archive footage with new interviews from friends and peers to present an inti🧜mate portrait of the late designer.

🉐McQueen became a fashion icon in the 90s when his designs helped to define ‘Cool Britannia’ and he created outfits for the likes of Madonna, Da﷽vid Bowie and Bjork.

The documentary also explores the events of 2010 when McQueen’s suicide at 40 left the fashion world in shock, robbing it of 🍬onไe of its greatest talents.

The designer’s legacy lives on in his thriving luxury fashion house which made global headlines in 2011 when creative dir▨ector Sarah Burton designed the Duchess of Cambridge’s wedding dress.

Last December more than 30 original designs from the house of Alexander McQueen featured in the Couture Fashion Jewellery: The Person🗹al Archive o🌳f Shaun Leane auction in New York. Click on the video below to watc﷽h innovative jeweller꧃y designer Shaun Leane talk about his close working relationship with Alexander McQueen.

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