Mourns the Loss of MCQUEEN!!!

Nine days after the death of his adored mother, Alexander McQueen's body was found in his Mayfair home yesterday morning, following his apparent suicide.
The death of the enfant terrible of British fashion was confirmed in a statement by his publicists, as people in the industry struggled to convey their shock and the scale of the loss to the fashion world.
"At this stage it is inappropriate to comment on this tragic news beyond saying that we are devastated and are sharing a sense of shock and grief with Lee's family," said the statement, using the designer's real first name. Unconfirmed reports suggested that he had hanged himself.
Industry insiders said McQueen, 40, had been devastated when his mother, Joyce, died on 2 February. Messages on his Twitter feed in recent days hinted at the extent of his loss. The day after her death, he posted an emotional message: "I'm letting my followers know my mother passed away yesterday if it she had not me nor would you RIP mumxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx..."
Five days ago, he tweeted: "Been a fucking awful week but my friends have been great but now i have to some how pull myself together and finish with the ..." His profile was removed from the site early yesterday.
In a Guardian interview in 2004 between Joyce McQueen and her son, she asked him: "What is your most terrifying fear?" to which McQueen replied "dying before you". "Thank you son," said Joyce. "What makes you proud?" He replied: "You."

McQueen's death came just days before the start of London fashion week.

Tributes were paid yesterday to a man who won designer of the year four times, and who managed the rare feat of remaining avant garde while achieving widespread commercial success. Alexandra Shulman, editor of British Vogue, called him a "modern-day genius". She said: "McQueen influenced a whole generation of designers. His brilliant imagination knew no bounds as he conjured up collection after collection of extraordinary designs. At one level he was a master of the fantastic, creating astounding fashions shows that mixed design, technology and performance and on another he was a modern-day genius whose gothic aesthetic was adopted by women the world over."
Fellow designers expressed their surprise at his sudden death. Vivienne ­Westwood was "incredibly sorry" to hear the news.
Katharine Hamnett said: "He was a ­genius. What a terrible, tragic waste."
Matthew Williamson said: "I am shocked and deeply saddened by McQueen's death. He was a genius and his talent was second to none.
"Like many others, I always cited him as a hugely inspirational leader of world fashion. He will be greatly missed."Paul Smith told Drapers magazine: "He was a very talented and creative designer, especially in respect of his tailored clothing. This is a very sad time and my thoughts are with his family."
Jane Rapley, head of Central St Martins college, who was dean of the fashion and textile school when McQueen studied there in the early 1990s, called his death "devastating for British fashion.

He was both contemporary and sophisticated, and took British fashion to the same level as the rest of the fashion world.

But in a poignant interview published this week in LOVE magazine, he talked about his plans to bring his designs to the widest possible public. "I'm 40 now, but I want this to be a company that lives way beyond me, and I believe that customers are more important to making that happen than press," he said.

"When I'm dead, hopefully this house will still be going. On a spaceship. Hopping up and down above earth."