Kate Moss was bridesmaid at McQueen’s civil partnership ceremony A memorial service has been held to commemorate the life of fashion designer Alexander McQueen following his death seven months ago.
Kate Moss, Naomi Campbell and Sarah Jessica Parker paid tribute alongside friends and family at St Paul’s Cathedral in London.
Designers Stella McCartney and Pam Hogg were also at the ceremony, which was held during London Fashion Week.
McQueen, 40, hanged himself on the eve of his mother’s funeral in February.
He took a mix of cocaine, tranquilisers and sleeping pills before killing himself at his London flat, an inquest concluded.
Coroner Dr Paul Knapman, recording a suicide verdict, said: “The balance of his mind was disturbed.”
The designer left a note, scribbled onto the back of a book in his room. It said: “Look after my dogs, sorry, I love you, Lee.”
McQueen won the distinction of being named British designer of the year four times between 1996 and 2003 and was also awarded the CBE.
Naomi Campbell arrived in a black feather dress with knee-high boots The London-born designer started his career as an apprentice in Savile Row with Anderson and Sheppard before going on to work for Gieves and Hawkes.
By 1996 he had succeeded John Galliano as the head designer at fashion label Givenchy, to the dismay of the French press.
He reportedly once scrawled “McQueen was here” inside the lining of a suit belonging to Prince Charles during his stint on the famous street for bespoke tailors.
McQueen stayed with Givenchy for five years, until the end of his contract, which he said had started to “constrain” his creativity.
He began a new venture with Gucci Group, which bought 51% of his company, and boutiques followed in London, Milan and New York, Los Angeles and Las Vegas.
Kate Moss was a bridesmaid when McQueen entered into a civil partnership with documentary maker George Forsyth in a New Age ceremony on a yacht off Ibiza in 2001.
Sarah Jessica Parker wore a cream dress and black knee-length jacket After his death, Victoria Beckham called him a “master of fashion, creative genius and an inspiration”.
Vogue editor Alexandra Shulman said: “Lee McQueen influenced a whole generation of designers. His brilliant imagination knew no bounds as he conjured up collection after collection of extraordinary designs.”
“He was a genius,” said designer Katherine Hamnett. “What a terrible, tragic waste.”
Chanel designer Karl Lagerfeld said: “I found his work very interesting and never banal.
“There was always some attraction to death, his designs were sometimes dehumanised.
“Who knows, perhaps after flirting with death too often, death attracts you.”
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