Designer Alexander McQueen dies at 40

British fashion designer Alexander McQueen was found dead at his London home on Thursday, his spokeswoman said. The He was 40 years old.

  • British fashion designer Alexander McQueen was found dead at his London home on Thursday, his spokeswoman said. The He was 40 years old. (Pics: AFP)
    British fashion designer Alexander McQueen was found dead at his London home on Thursday, his spokeswoman said. The He was 40 years old. (Pics: AFP)
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  • McQueen's family did not make a statement about the cause of death, but a spokesman for the Metropolitan Police said it was not being treated as suspicious. A representative of McQueen, who would not speak for attribution, said the cause was apparently suicide. (Pics: AFP)
    McQueen's family did not make a statement about the cause of death, but a spokesman for the Metropolitan Police said it was not being treated as suspicious. A representative of McQueen, who would not speak for attribution, said the cause was apparently suicide. (Pics: AFP)
  • The body of British fashion designer Alexander McQueen is carried into a private ambulance from his apartment in London. McQueen's death stunned the hundreds of international magazine editors and store buyers who had just convened in Manhattan for the first day of the fall collections at New York Fashion Week at Bryant Park. (Pics: AFP)
    The body of British fashion designer Alexander McQueen is carried into a private ambulance from his apartment in London. McQueen's death stunned the hundreds of international magazine editors and store buyers who had just convened in Manhattan for the first day of the fall collections at New York Fashion Week at Bryant Park. (Pics: AFP)
  • A man who identified himself as the boyfriend (but refused to give his name) of Alexander McQueen reacts outside the home of Alexander McQueen in London. (Pics: AFP)
    A man who identified himself as the boyfriend (but refused to give his name) of Alexander McQueen reacts outside the home of Alexander McQueen in London. (Pics: AFP)
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  • A photographer takes pictures in front of British fashion designer Alexander McQueen's New York Store. (Pics: AFP)
    A photographer takes pictures in front of British fashion designer Alexander McQueen's New York Store. (Pics: AFP)
  • A woman stops to look at the London Boutique of British fashion designer Alexander McQueen in central London. (Pics: AFP)
    A woman stops to look at the London Boutique of British fashion designer Alexander McQueen in central London. (Pics: AFP)
  • A man who identified himself as the boyfriend (but refused to give his name) of Alexander McQueen weeps as he speaks on a mobile phone outside the home of Alexander McQueen in London. (Pics: AFP)
    A man who identified himself as the boyfriend (but refused to give his name) of Alexander McQueen weeps as he speaks on a mobile phone outside the home of Alexander McQueen in London. (Pics: AFP)
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  • A man holds his head as he stands in front of British fashion designer Alexander McQueen's New York Store. (Pics: AFP)
    A man holds his head as he stands in front of British fashion designer Alexander McQueen's New York Store. (Pics: AFP)
  • A couple drops flowers in front of British fashion designer Alexander McQueen's New York Store. (Pics: AFP)
    A couple drops flowers in front of British fashion designer Alexander McQueen's New York Store. (Pics: AFP)
  • A police community support officer stands outside the entrance to the London apartment of British fashion designer Alexander McQueen. (Pics: AFP)
    A police community support officer stands outside the entrance to the London apartment of British fashion designer Alexander McQueen. (Pics: AFP)
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  • People look at a note informing customers of the death of British fashion designer Alexander McQueen as flowers are seen outside his shop in central London. At the beginning of his career, McQueen became a sensation for showing his clothes on ravaged-looking models who appeared to have been physically abused, institutionalised or cosmetically altered, all while peppering his audience with rude comments. "I'm not interested in being liked," he said. He once mooned the audience of his show.(Pics: AP)
    People look at a note informing customers of the death of British fashion designer Alexander McQueen as flowers are seen outside his shop in central London. At the beginning of his career, McQueen became a sensation for showing his clothes on ravaged-looking models who appeared to have been physically abused, institutionalised or cosmetically altered, all while peppering his audience with rude comments. "I'm not interested in being liked," he said. He once mooned the audience of his show.(Pics: AP)
  • People congregate inside designer Alexander McQueen's store in New York. He was enormously creative and intelligent, and he seemed to sense that the fashion industry needed to have its buttons pushed. His fall 2009 collection was the talk of Paris when, reacting to the recession, McQueen showed exaggerated versions of all of his past work on a runway, a garbage heap of props from his former stage sets. (Pics: AP)
    People congregate inside designer Alexander McQueen's store in New York. He was enormously creative and intelligent, and he seemed to sense that the fashion industry needed to have its buttons pushed. His fall 2009 collection was the talk of Paris when, reacting to the recession, McQueen showed exaggerated versions of all of his past work on a runway, a garbage heap of props from his former stage sets. (Pics: AP)
  • In this Feb. 20, 2001 file photo, Britain's Prince Charles, left, presents the Designer of the Year Award to Alexander McQueen at the British Fashion Awards in Battersea Park, London. (Pics: AP)
    In this Feb. 20, 2001 file photo, Britain's Prince Charles, left, presents the Designer of the Year Award to Alexander McQueen at the British Fashion Awards in Battersea Park, London. (Pics: AP)
  • In this June 3, 2004 file photo, British fashion designer Alexander McQueen poses with model Kate Moss. (Pics: AP)
    In this June 3, 2004 file photo, British fashion designer Alexander McQueen poses with model Kate Moss. (Pics: AP)
  • In this June 6, 2006 file photo, British designer Alexander McQueen poses with model Naomi Campbell. (Pics: AP)
    In this June 6, 2006 file photo, British designer Alexander McQueen poses with model Naomi Campbell. (Pics: AP)
  • In this June 3, 2004 file photo, British fashion designer Alexander McQueen poses with models Naomi Campbell, left, Kate Moss and Anabel Nielson. (Pics: AP)
    In this June 3, 2004 file photo, British fashion designer Alexander McQueen poses with models Naomi Campbell, left, Kate Moss and Anabel Nielson. (Pics: AP)
  • In this Oct. 7, 2005 file photo, British fashion designer Alexander McQueen acknowledges applause at the end of the presentation of his Spring/Summer ready to wear 2006 collection in Paris. His shirt logo refers to top model Kate Moss after photos her apparently snorting cocaine in a London music studio were published in the media. (Pics: AP)
    In this Oct. 7, 2005 file photo, British fashion designer Alexander McQueen acknowledges applause at the end of the presentation of his Spring/Summer ready to wear 2006 collection in Paris. His shirt logo refers to top model Kate Moss after photos her apparently snorting cocaine in a London music studio were published in the media. (Pics: AP)
  • In this June 11, 2001 file photo, fashion designers Georgio Armani, left, and Alexander McQueen pose together at the 'Its Fashion' charity gala dinner, in aid of the Macmillan Cancer Relief charity. (Pics: AP)
    In this June 11, 2001 file photo, fashion designers Georgio Armani, left, and Alexander McQueen pose together at the 'Its Fashion' charity gala dinner, in aid of the Macmillan Cancer Relief charity. (Pics: AP)
  • In this Oct. 16, 2001 file photo, British fashion designer Alexander McQueen sits his mother Joyce, at the Victoria & Albert Museum in London for the Radical Fashion exhibition. He had been deeply affected, in 2007, by the suicide of Isabella Blow, the eccentric stylist who had championed him, and he was said to be devastated by the death of his mother, Joyce, on Feb 2, after a long illness. (Pics: AP)
    In this Oct. 16, 2001 file photo, British fashion designer Alexander McQueen sits his mother Joyce, at the Victoria & Albert Museum in London for the Radical Fashion exhibition. He had been deeply affected, in 2007, by the suicide of Isabella Blow, the eccentric stylist who had championed him, and he was said to be devastated by the death of his mother, Joyce, on Feb 2, after a long illness. (Pics: AP)
  • In this May 1, 2006 file photo, designer Alexander McQueen poses with Sarah Jessica Parker during arrivals at the Costume Institute Gala at the Metropolitan Museum of Art in New York, celebrating Anglomania: Tradition and Transgression in British Fashion. (Pics: AP)
    In this May 1, 2006 file photo, designer Alexander McQueen poses with Sarah Jessica Parker during arrivals at the Costume Institute Gala at the Metropolitan Museum of Art in New York, celebrating Anglomania: Tradition and Transgression in British Fashion. (Pics: AP)
  • A plaque is placed in the window designer Alexander McQueen's store in New York. In his work, McQueen drew on Orientalism, classicism and English eccentrics, and also his ideas about the future, combining them in ways that were complex and perplexing. (Pics: AP)
    A plaque is placed in the window designer Alexander McQueen's store in New York. In his work, McQueen drew on Orientalism, classicism and English eccentrics, and also his ideas about the future, combining them in ways that were complex and perplexing. (Pics: AP)
  • A woman pauses to read a plaque in the window of designer Alexander McQueen's store in New York. (Pics: AP)
    A woman pauses to read a plaque in the window of designer Alexander McQueen's store in New York. (Pics: AP)
  • Photographers take photographs as undertakers stretcher a body from the home of British fashion designer Alexander McQueen in central London. (Pics: AP)
    Photographers take photographs as undertakers stretcher a body from the home of British fashion designer Alexander McQueen in central London. (Pics: AP)