Loved this brilliant book

Loved the whole book, very well written and narrated, you really felt the essence of Alexander McQueen 5****

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Beautiful and haunting

A great biography about a great man. Very moving, very sad and the story stays with you. What a genius he was. Such a moving biography.

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Fascinating insight into the world of fashion

A brilliant book with some very odd edits. On the whole the narration is excellent but now and again there is an edit where another voice (or the same voice on a different day with different technology) edited in for a sbort time. This can be quite distracting at times. Still well worth listening to.

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Fascinating, such a creative man

Perfectly narrated and written biography of such a creative, multidimensional and talented man, The book captured the relentless pressure Alexander McQueen was under to produce and create his collections, which probably drove him to seek escape by all hedonistic means possible.
I’m not a fashionista at all, can’t sew (except hems), but now see the fashion industry in a completely new light both the good (creative, fast paced, massive job creator) and the bad (greedy and exploitative).

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Incredible honest account

The most talented person in this book is the Narrator who did a good job of reading this book
I really really wanted to understand this troubled fashion designer’s life and early death what I found was a spoiled child who got were he did by one influential woman’s belief in him and because he didn’t have to pay his dues in the same way most of us have to he became a badly behaved addict who thought that the world revolved around him and didn’t care one hoot for any of the people around him helping him if you weren’t useful anymore you didn’t count so he dropped you
He didn’t and doesn’t deserve the fame his name brought him
He wasn’t that talented Sarah Burton is probably the best thing about the McQeen label and she should stop hiding behind his name and strike out on her own
If you want the truth about McQueen read this book if you want to believe the fairytale that is told about McQueen don’t read it

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In depth look @ McQueen, but some technical issues

I've been interested in McQueen and subsequently, Isabella Blow for some time now so thought I'd give this audiobook a try. A good, in depth look at their relationship and the tragedy that plagued them both. What was frustrating, was the fact that at some points the audio didn't match up and sounded completely different - as if it had been recorded and then put in at a different date. This made it hard to focus at times and took away from the book as a whole. Overall, I enjoyed learning more in depth about McQueen and his fashion journey, but the performance was definitely a let down.

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Superb

Fascinating and tragic account of a supremely talented but tortured individual . Would recommend to those interested in fashion and those who are not

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A beautiful read.

At times almost unbearably harrowing, but a fascinating insight into the life of a troubled, complicated genius.

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a moving, detailed account of McQueen

A fascinating insight into the worls of the designer and his life. It felt very honest portray both the highlights and troubles of his life.
Not a note on the story, but the audio track is a little odd, as it frequently seems to change in tone, as if recorded differently and at times it sounds like a other voice entirely. I noticed something similar on another audiobook I listened to recently. I hope audible try to resolve these issues, as they do distract and take you out of the narrative.

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If you interested in the darker side of fashion...

Very interesting listen, a glimpse into the pressure cooker world of fashion houses and the unlikely rise of the immensely talented self described " yob" who was Lee McQueen. My only problem with this book which seems an honest and well researched account, is that I found the man himself harder and harder to like, though this does not detract from the book . Capable of great generosity, witty and sharp, he was also capable increasingly of cruelty and hypocrisy...railing against consumerist society while having several beautifully appointed homes and a hedonistic lifestyle,and an avowed animal lover who used fur in his designs, and although he was hiv pos, this seemed to have no impact on his sexual activities. If certainly inspired me to look more into his extraordinary creations and his work ethic was phenomenal though seemed to impact at the sharp end on some of his staff. His increasing drug dependency fuelled by the relentless pressure of the fashion industry was a sad and dark tale. Immense respe t for his creativity which seemed boundless, less for the man.

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