THEME WEEK

ALEXANDER McQUEEN

MEMORIAL

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ST. PAUL'S

S.J.P.

Queen Anna

Anna Wintour, editor-in-chief of the American edition of Vogue magazine, was the first of McQueen's admirers to speak. Wearing an elegant black-and-gold outfit, she praised his "exceptional legacy of brilliant inspiration."She said McQueen was never satisfied with his work and always vowed to do better, even when he had broken new ground.Wintour and others hinted at his dark side. She spoke of his sometimes "savage tongue" and the discomfort he felt with the social niceties required by the fashion world.

"We always forgave Alexander," she said after describing how McQueen failed to show up for his first-ever Vogue photo shoot and then told editors there that he couldn't care less about the magazine - one of the fashion industry's most influential publications.

Daphne Guinness, walking.

"Icelandic singer and actress Bjork, wearing an unusual McQueen outfit complete with mock wings, sang "Gloomy Sunday," a dark song dealing with death and loss popularized by American singer Billie Holiday" ( looking hard for a photo and would try to walk in a pair of lobster claws for a copy of her singing the song )

• NYT
• BBC
• TLo
• The Advocate, who go all butch gay and run with no SJP.....there is such a thing as TOO post, boys.