“You’ve got to know the rules to break them. that’s what I’m here for, to demolish the rules but keep tradition”
Biography •
Born March 17, 1969 in London
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1985: Left school for apprenticeship on Saville Row
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Worked for theatrical costumers Angels and Bermans
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At 20, employed by Koji Tastuno
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Year later employed by Romeo Gigli
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1992: Completes school at Central Saint Martins
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1993: First Fashion show
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1994: Earns Masters Degree; Begins friendship with Isabella Blow
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1996: British designer of the year
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1996-2001: Chief designer at French couture house Givenchy
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2000: His label partnered with Gucci Group
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2004: Created menswear line
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2010: Dies at the age of 40
“With bumsters, I wanted to elongate the body, not just show the bum. To me, that part of the body- not so much the buttocks, but the bottom of the spinethat’s the most erotic part of anyone’s body, man or woman”
Early Work: McQueen
Early Work: Givenchy
Spring/Summer 2008
Final Collection