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Alexander McQueen was born in London in 1969. The skills of bespoke tailoring have been central to his vision ever since he was apprenticed at Savile Row in 1986. At the age of 26 he became chief designer at Givenchy, and he has been named British Designer of the Year three times. Alexander McQueen's shows are strongly themed and have been described as 'images of beauty heightened through suffering'. Their sensational eroticism, built on a combination of exquisite, androgynous tailoring and fantastical creations, have redefined late 20th-century fashion.