What was Alexander McQueen’s Net Worth?
Alexander McQueen was a British fashion designer and couturier with an estimated net worth that was $30 million when he died. Tragically, he took his own life in the month of February in 2010. He gained fame and fame in his role as Chief Designer at the fashion company Givenchy between 1996 and 2001. He also established the highly successful Alexander McQueen brand of clothing.
In his career, he was awarded British Designer of Year for four consecutive years (1996 1997, 1998, 2001 in 2003 and 1997). In 2003, he was also awarded an award from the CFDA’s International Designer of the Year. He was among the first designers to employ Indian models, and was renowned for his frequently extravagant and dramatic catwalks.
Early Life
Lee Alexander McQueen was born on the 17th of March, 1969 at Lewisham, London, England to mother Joyce and father Ronald. McQueen also had 5 siblings, making him the youngest among them.
McQueen McQueen, who was referred to as “Lee” by family and friends, was aware of his sexual orientation at a young age. He was constantly teased about his sexuality by his classmates. When he was 16 McQueen quit school and began work at Savile Row, a street located in London’s Mayfair district, famous for its tailor-made suits for men. He started at the tailor store Anderson and Shephard then moved to the nearby Gieves and Hawkes. Then he switched to performing in theatrical costumes.
He even moved to London in the direction of Milan, Italy where he was an associate for Italian fashion designer Romeo Gigli. Later, he went back to London where was a student at the Rosetta Art Centre and was accompanied by Yvonne Humble, who also provided a reference to Alexander who enticed him to enroll in the MA fashion program within the Central Saint Martins College of Art and Design. He was awarded an M.A. in fashion design in 1992.
Career
A major early hit occurred in the year 1996 when Alexander was appointed to design the outfit for David Bowie’s world tour from 1996 to 1997. McQueen famously created his Union Jack coat that Bowie featured on the cover of on his album “Earthling”.
Alexander was the director of iconic work in the music industry for Icelandic singer Bjork and the “Homogenic” album cover in 1997. She also directed the music video “Alarm Call” and contributing the topless dress she wore for her music video “Pagan Poetry”.
McQueen’s runway debuts established his reputation for controversy and surprising tactics, earning him the nicknames “l’enfant terrible” and “the hooligan of English fashion” and a collection of extremely low-cut trousers appropriately titled “bumsters” and a collection that was dubbed “Highland Rape”. McQueen was famous for his extravagant, wacky runway shows, including an evocation of a shipwreck in his spring 2003 collection, the human chess game of spring 2005 as well as his fall collection of 2006 “Widows of Culloden”, that featured a huge model hologram Kate Moss dressed in yards of fabric that was rippling.
Alexander’s “bumsters” later spawned a trend for low-rise jeans, and his choice of skulls in his designs resulted in an extremely popular and famous essential scarf with the design and was copied across the world.
McQueen’s debut collection for Givenchy was unpopular, but McQueen enjoyed huge success with his famous runway show that screened Givenchy The Spring/Summer 1998. Every single one of the Givenchy models released in the fashion house Vogue Patterns during this period are the work of Alexander.
VOSS, the Spring/Summer 2001 collection was among Alexander’s most acclaimed and dramatic catwalk collections. It included author Michelle Olley as the main model, and an elaborate and massive glass box. VOSS later became part of the Alexander McQueen exhibition titled “Savage Beauty” at Metropolitan Museum of Art in New York.
As of December 20, 2000 Gucci Group purchased five percent of McQueen’s business and McQueen acting as the Creative Director. She also opened stores in London, Milan, and New York, as well as launching Alexander’s fragrances “Kingdom” and “Queen.”
The year 2005 was the time that McQueen joined forces with Puma to develop a unique collection of trainers for the footwear brand. Then, in 2006 Alexander introduced “McQ” which is a modern and less expensive line for women and men.
McQueen was among the designers who took part in the promotion for MAC’s cosmetics created by fashion-conscious designers. The collection launched on the 11th of October in 2007 and was a reflection of the styles featured during the Fall/Winter McQueen catwalk designed by make-up designer Charlotte Tilbury. The inspiration behind the collection came from the Elizabeth Taylor movie “Cleopatra”.
The year 2003 was the time that McQueen received the distinction of being named International Designer of the Year by the Council of Fashion Designers of America and a Highly Excellent Commander of The British Empire by the Queen of England and also won a third British designer of the year title.
In the year 2007’s final, Alexander McQueen had boutiques in London, New York, Los Angeles, Milan, and Las Vegas. Famous customers consist of Nicole Kidman, Penelope Cruz, Sarah Jessica Parker, and Rihanna, Monica Brown, Ayumi Hamasaki Namie Amuro and Koda Kumi. They have often been seen wearing Alexander McQueen attire at events. Bjork, Hamasaki, and Lady Gaga have often incorporated Alexander McQueen items into their music videos too.
My Life
McQueen who was referred to as “Lee” by his friends was gay and open about it. Alexander acknowledged his homosexuality at an young age, and revealed his sexuality to his family members at around the age 18. McQueen had also been HIV positive.
in 2000 McQueen was married to his girlfriend George Forsyth, a documentary filmmaker on a yacht in Ibiza. Since marriage between two people was not legally permitted in Spain at the time, the wedding was not considered legally valid. The couple broke up after two years, but they kept in touch.
McQueen was a keen diver and utilized his love of diving as an inspiration for his designs, like the spring of 2010 “Plato’s Atlantis”. A lot of his diving took place in the Maldives.
After the passing of English magazine editor and friend Isabella Blow, followed by the loss of his mother two years after, Alexander reportedly entered a profound depression that led to his suicide.
On the 11th of February 10, 2010, only nine days after the death of his mother of cancer Alexander had been found dead by his homekeeper. He was hanged at his residence in London.
When he died, death, the family were aware that Alexander was unhappy and was taking lots of substances. McQueen left a note in his will that said “Look after my dogs, sorry, I love you, Lee”.
The BBC stated that McQueen has set aside PS50,000 of his fortune to his dogs, so they could have a lavish lifestyle throughout their lives. McQueen also donated PS100,000 to four charitable organizations, including those at the Battersea Dogs and Cats Home in South London, and the Blue Cross animal welfare charity located in Burford, Oxfordshire.
Real Estate
In November of 2016, Alexander’s London penthouse was offered as a property for sale at $10.6 million. The property was purchased at the time of his purchase in 2009 $3.2 million. It’s not the place where the deceased was found. It was a different apartment that he owned close by. When he died, death the penthouse was an extensive renovation however it was not habitable.