Alexander McQueen's name to carry on in fashion

By Emma Johnson on Feb 20, 10 05:22 PM

HIS death was expected to cast a long shadow over the event and heartfelt tributes were paid to the lasting legacy of designer Alexander McQueen as London Fashion Week officially opened in the capital today.
The 40-year-old British designer was found hanged in his wardrobe at his Mayfair home last week on the eve of the funeral of his mother Joyce.
While McQueen had not attended London Fashion Week since 2001, he was one of Britain's most feted fashion exports.
His parent company PPR announced yesterday the McQueen label will continue despite his death.
At the launch at Somerset House British Fashion Council (BFC) chairman Harold Tillman spoke of the designer's "extraordinary impact" on the international fashion industry, before inviting attendees to hold a minute's silence to remember "this great talent".

Celebrities like the model Kate Moss, Dame Shirley Bassey, Linda Evangelista, Geri Halliwell and Girls Aloud's Nicola Roberts and Kimberley Walsh strutted their stuff on the catwalk wearing outfits by McQueen, Vivienne Westwood, Giorgio Armani and Dolce & Gabbana.
Ronnie Corbett, cricketer Andrew Flintoff, EastEnders' Larry Lamb and Piers Morgan modelled designer suits.
Wearing a gold corset Vivienne Westwood dress, Campbell accompanied mum Valerie and Britain's Got Talent judge Morgan, while the heavily-pregnant Denise van Outen - in a white-flowing Jasmine di Milo gown - received rapturous applause.
A fund-raising auction followed the fashion show, where a signed painting by Damien Hirst sold for ÃÂ£300,000.
A McQueen dress, specially designed for and worn by Moss, went for ÃÂ£100,000.

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