‘He’s a real human being with flaws’: the complicated life of Alexander McQueen hits the stage

The victories and tragedies of the famed British fashion designer make the basis of probing off-Broadway play House of McQueen

“You have always made the most beautiful things out of absolute shit.” This is Darrah Cloud’s favourite line in her new play about Alexander McQueen, dubbed the bad boy or enfant terrible of British fashion.

“It’s what he did,” Cloud explains via Zoom from New York. “He had the ability to translate trauma into beauty or joy into beauty or an oyster shell into a dress. I mean, what an extraordinary thing.”

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