Excerpt from Charlie Rose interview with Alexander McQueen, 17 November 1997
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Excerpt from Florence Biennale, Alexander McQueen and Nick Knight, 1996
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Photographs © Robert Fairer
Excerpt from Bellwether, Alexander McQueen and Nick Knight, 2003
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Excerpt from Transformer, The Bridegroom Stripped Bare, Alexander McQueen and SHOWstudio, 2002
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Excerpt from BBC documentary, The Works: Cutting Up Rough, Alexander McQueen, 20 July 1997
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Excerpt from Fashion Television episode 17X, The Incredible Life and Tragic Death of Alexander McQueen, 2010
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Excerpts from Alexander McQueen runway presentations, all courtesy of YOOX Net-a-Porter Group, Runway Collection, Fashion Footage Archive:
- It’s Only a Game collection, spring–summer 2005, presented at Palais Omnisports de Paris-Bercy, Paris, 8 October 2004
- Joan collection, autumn–winter 1998–99, presented at Gatliff Road Warehouse, London, 25 February 1998
- The Overlook collection, autumn–winter 1999–2000, presented at Gatliff Road Warehouse, London, 23 February 1999
- Untitled (Golden Shower) collection, spring–summer 1998, presented at Royal Horticultural Hall, London, 28 September 1997
- Bellmer La Poupée collection, spring–summer 1997, presented at Royal Horticultural Hall, London, 27 September 1996
- The Horn of Plenty collection, autumn–winter 2009–08, presented at Palais Omnisports de Paris-Bercy, Paris, 8 October 2009
- It’s a Jungle Out There collection, autumn–winter 1997–98, presented at Borough Market, London, 27 February 1997
- The Widows of Culloden, autumn–winter 2006–07, presented at Palais Omnisports de Paris-Bercy, 3 March 2006
- Interview with Alexander McQueen following the runway presentation of Bellmer La Poupée collection, spring–summer 1997
- The Dance of the Twisted Bull collection, spring–summer 2002, presented at Staide Française, Paris, 6 September 2001
Jan van Eyck, The Arnolfini Portrait (detail), 1434, The National Gallery, London (NG186)
Peter de Jode II (engraver), Peter Paul Rubens (after), The union of Sea and Earth (detail), mid-17th century, National Gallery of Victoria (1674-3)
Master of Flémalle, Robert Campin (workshop), The Bad Thief to the Left of Christ; former exterior wing of the triptych: Saint John the Baptist (fragment) (detail), c. 1430, Städel Museum (886)
Tawaraya Sōtatsu (school of), Flowering plants of the four seasons (Shikisōka zu 四季草花図) (detail), c. 1630-40, National Gallery of Victoria (611-D2)
Maria van Oosterwyck, Still life with flowers and butterflies (detail), 1668, National Gallery of Victoria
Japan, Chapter 5: Young Murasaki (Waka Murasaki) from the Tale of Genji album, mid 17th century, National Gallery of Victoria (AS2-1976)
The Royal School of Art Needlework, London (manufacturer), William Morris (designer), Edward Burne-Jones (designer), Poesis, c. 1880, National Gallery of Victoria (CT1-1992)
Eadweard Muybridge, Bird in flight, 1887, Victoria and Albert Museum (PH.1273-1889)
William Morris, The Earthly Paradise by William Morris. Vol 1, 1897, National Gallery of Victoria (P89.1-1980)
Gustave Doré, Là Minos siège terrible et grondant, 1861, Bibliothèque nationale de France (FOL-DC-298 (GB))
Etienne Isidore Hangard-Maugé (lithographer), Christian Schultz (draughtsman) Hubert van Eyck (after), Jan van Eyck (after), The Adoration of the Lamb (The Ghent Altarpiece), 1868, National Gallery of Victoria (p.15.10-1)
Charles Ricketts, Illustration to Shelley, c. 1892, National Gallery of Victoria (356-2)
Anonymous, Jan van Eyck (after), Portret van Margareta van Eyck, 1809-1900, Rijksmuseum Amsterdam (RP-P-1971-320)
Master S, Three skulls on a carved tomb, c. 1525-1550, National Gallery of Victoria (1278.225-3)
Scotland, Length of Royal Stuart Tartan, 1968-69, National Gallery of Victoria (D20.a-b-1969)
Giovanni Toscani, Madonna and Child, early 15th century, National Gallery of Victoria (557-4)
Hieronymus Bosch, The Haywain Triptych, 1512-15, Museo Nacional del Prado (P002052)
Albrecht Dürer, The Apocalyptic Woman, c. 1497, National Gallery of Victoria (3541-4)
Katy England quoted in ‘Interviews and Reflections: Katy England’, Alexander McQueen: Mind, Mythos, Muse, eds. Clarissa M. Esguerra, Michaela Hansen, Katie Somerville and Danielle Whitfield (Melbourne: National Gallery of Victoria, 2022): 198.
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