“It was always about the story for Lee,” says Katy England, the designer’s right-hand woman, ahead of the ‘Mind, Mythos, Muse’ show at the NGV.
Katy England knew Lee McQueen better than almost anyone. The stylist was the designer’s right-hand woman from 1994 until his death in 2010, helping to create collections including ‘The Birds’ and ‘Horn of Plenty’, McQueen’s first collection for Givenchy, where he was creative director from 1996 to 2001.National Gallery of Victoria
A model presents a creation by McQueen from his Ready to Wear Spring / Summer 2010 fashion collection, presented in Paris in 2009.England met McQueen when they were both starting out in their careers. She was a fashion assistant at“I always had spare tickets to the fashion shows and I would give them out to him and the other students.
“It was so raw,” says England. “It blew my mind. I remember these girls who had shaved their heads for him, and then stamped ‘McQueen’ on their skulls.“The whole thing was intoxicating, and sexy in a very strong way.” The scrappy operation suited England, who, after proving a dab hand at styling, became McQueen’s go-to woman for ideas and feedback, too.“We were starting from scratch, and we had no money. We needed shoes, we needed underwear, we needed models. We got shoes from charity shops and then we sprayed them black or white. We styled the models just before we sent them out. And they weren’t even really models.
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