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Alexander McQueen was born on the 17th of March 1969 at University Hospital Lewisham in East London. His family moved to a terraced house in Stratford during his first year, and he grew up as the youngest of six children in a working-class family.
The 1995 Autumn/Winter collection Highland Rape made Alexander McQueen's name while bringing intense criticism for its violent styling and themes of rape. McQueen argued the collection referred to England's rape of Scotland and was intended to empower women rather than glamorize violence.
Alexander McQueen died on the 11th of February 2010 at his home in Green Street, London. The Westminster Coroner's Court officially recorded his death as a suicide on the 28th of April 2010 after finding significant levels of cocaine, sleeping pills, and tranquillisers in his blood.
Sarah Burton was named the new creative director of Alexander McQueen in May 2010 after the designer's death. She presented her first womenswear collection in Paris in September 2010, which represented the culmination of McQueen's career.
Alexander McQueen's last appearance on a fashion show was Plato's Atlantis, presented during Paris Fashion Week on the 6th of October 2009. This Spring/Summer 2010 collection was inspired by nature and the post-human manifesto featuring 46 full looks with sea creature and reptile prints.