A duel Alexander McQueen left a note and then hanged himself in his apartment on the eve of the funeral of his mother, a coroner’s inquest, said Wednesday, giving the cause of death of fashion designer as asphyxiation and hanging.
The investigation has yet to formally issue a ruling of suicide, but police said there were no suspicious circumstances.
Instruction Officer Lynda Martindill told the inquest at Westminster coroner’s court that the body of 40-year-old McQueen was found in a closet in his apartment in London on Thursday. In the dispassionate language of research, referred to him as “one man, a fashion designer.”
Days before his death, McQueen had left several messages on the Twitter social network reveals her grief over the recent death of his mother.
Police Inspector Detective Paul Armstrong told the inquest there were no suspicious circumstances. He gave the note found at the scene of the coroner Paul Knapman, but did not disclose its contents.
After a five-minute hearing, the judge suspended the investigation until 28 April. Full details of the autopsy will also be available in a few months.
McQueen’s family, who are now free to celebrate the funeral of designer, issued a statement through his lawyers appealed to the media to respect their privacy after the loss of its “double major”.
No released details of the funeral.
In Britain, inquests are held whenever someone dies violently or in unexplained circumstances.
McQueen’s death has cast a shadow over London Fashion Week, which opens Friday. A spokeswoman said the event would be a tribute to the designer, whose attention grabbing designs helped revitalize British fashion after a rest period after the explosion of punk in the 1970s.
“It will be something simple and tasteful,” he said. “The memorials will be time later this year.
She spoke on condition of anonymity because the organizers are waiting for McQueen’s family to approve the tax.
Known for his dramatic statement pieces and impeccable tailoring, McQueen dressed celebrities of Lady Gaga Cameron Diaz and influenced a generation of designers.
He was named British Designer of the Year four times and received the title of CBE – Commander of the Order of the British Empire – by Queen Elizabeth II.
Unlike many fashion lovers, he came from a working class. The son of a taxi driver, McQueen grew up in a public housing complex in East End of London, left school at 16 and entered the world of fashion as old as an apprentice tailor in a row adolescence Saville. He later studied art at Central St. Martin’s College in London and was discovered by fashion guru Isabella Blow, who bought his entire collection of graduation. She became friend and mentor, his suicide three years ago shook the designer, who wept at his funeral.
McQueen was a private man who avoided the spotlight, but their ads displayed Twitter emotional after the death of his mother on February 2. McQueen had posted messages four days before his death in the week his “terrible” and said he had “somehow recover and finish.
His mother’s funeral was held the day after McQueen died.
Friends also said he may have felt pressure to outdo himself in the opening of its new collection in Paris next month.
“I do not think that success was easy for him,” friend Plum Sykes wrote in the Sunday Telegraph this week. “He said it was fueled by her insecurities, and believed that all successful people were.”
McQueen became the chief designer of the house of Givenchy in 1996, but was best known for his own label, which Gucci bought a majority stake in 2001. McQueen retained creative control, and became famous for his dramatic and often uncategorizable: sculptural cocktail dresses in psychedelic patterns; hats made of garbage, 10-inch (25 centimeter) heels in a queue lobster.
His shows were very theatrical events, film and the incorporation of historical references and innovative technology – including, in a memorable show of 2006, an apparition of Kate Moss as a hologram.
His pieces outrageous never sold in great numbers, but became one of the best known brands of fashion better. He designed the costume was when Janet Jackson had her breast, baring “wardrobe malfunction” at Super Bowl 2004.
Outrageous singer Lady Gaga – wearing a white lace set and towering Marie Antoinette wigs esque – pays tribute to the music McQueen Brit Awards on Tuesday. “Thanks to Lee McQueen,” he said after winning one of three prizes, with a designer name.
On stage he sang a tribute song gloomy with a mannequin with those shoes signature lobster claw.
