Table of Contents

Introduction; From Savile Row to Central Saint Martins; The "Theatre of Cruelty"; The Givenchy Years; The Shows and Collections; The Last Days and the Legacy; Appendix; Index.

About the Author

Judith Watt, Head of Fashion History at Central Saint Martins (CSM), and personal friend of McQueen himself, is the author of several books on fashion including The Penguin Book of Twentieth-Century Fashion Writing (Viking, 1999), Ossie Clark 1964-74 (V&A Publications, 2003, Dogs in Vogue (Little Brown 2009) and Vogue on Schiaparelli (Quadrille, 2011). Judith is also a contributor to Vogue, the Guardian and BBC Radio 4, and lives in London. She has said: "Anyone that works in the fashion industry, particularly as a designer in London, understands the pressures he was under. Trying to succeed in the fashion industry is very difficult, and very, very few people can do it."