Lee Alexander McQueen CBE was a British fashion designer and couturier. McQueen enrolled at Central Saint Martin's College of Art & Design, and received his M.A. in fashion design in 1992. Soon after obtaining his degree, McQueen started his own business designing clothes for women. Only four years out of design school, McQueen was named Chief Designer of Louis Vuitton-owned Givenchy, a French haute couture fashion house. In 2000, Gucci bought a 51 percent stake in Alexander McQueen's private company, and provided the capital for McQueen to expand his business. McQueen left Givenchy shortly thereafter. In 2003, McQueen was declared International Designer of the Year by the Council of Fashion Designers of America and a Commander of the Most Excellent Order of the British Empire by the Queen of England, and won yet another British Designer of the Year honor.
Lee Alexander McQueen CBE was a British fashion designer and couturier. McQueen enrolled at Central Saint Martin's College of Art & Design, and received his M.A. in fashion design in 1992. Soon after obtaining his degree, McQueen started his own business designing clothes for women. Only four years out of design school, McQueen was named Chief Designer of Louis Vuitton-owned Givenchy, a French haute couture fashion house. In 2000, Gucci bought a 51 percent stake in Alexander McQueen's private company, and provided the capital for McQueen to expand his business. McQueen left Givenchy shortly thereafter. In 2003, McQueen was declared International Designer of the Year by the Council of Fashion Designers of America and a Commander of the Most Excellent Order of the British Empire by the Queen of England, and won yet another British Designer of the Year honor.