Alexander McQueen’s Final Tweets

February 11th, 2010 // 3 Comments

Following the death of fashion designer Alexander McQueen, no one could find a trace of the creative genius on Twitter.  It turns out McQueen’s account was deleted after news of his suicide broke.  New York Magazine reveals the dark tweets leading up to his untimely death. 

It hadn’t been an easy February for McQueen.  His mother passed away on February 2nd, leaving him distraught with grief.  That combined with his penchant for the dark and gothic made for some very strange tweets.

February 3rd at 11:46:

“i’m letting my followers know the my mother passed away yesterday if it
she had not me nor would you RIP mumxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx”

11:47 the same day:

“but life must go on!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!”

January 28th at 10:01 a.m. (before his mother’s passing):

“Hells Angels + Prolific Demons……”

February 1st, 10:46 a.m.:

“from heaven to hell and back again, life is a funny thing. beauty can
come from the most strangest of places even the most disgusting places”

February 1st, 10:52 a.m.:

“why people ignore the ugly things in life but within this they are
missing the beauty that lies under the rotten fruit!!!!!!!!!!!!”

February 3rd, 2:21 p.m.:

“la reine Margot”

February 7th, 12:38 p.m.:

“sunday evening 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”

February 7th, 12:40 p.m.:

“HELLS ANGLES & PROLIFIC DEAMONS!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!”

I’m curious to know what you think.  Is Twitter a blessing or a curse? How much of it is too telling? 

By Kelly Lynch

  1. si

    lee was ill. the three most important women in his life are gone and his lover did too recently. he didnt just off himself because his mom passed. this was a build up of years of grief. we have no idea what was wrong with him. Only he knows. Leave it at that.

  2. nobody

    hells angels…thats the name of the fall line
    also, lee ended 2 relationships, lost his mom, his aunt and best friend—all this within the last 36 months. He broke down, and went through with it. He soars now. Godspeed quiet genius.

  3. Doug Berman

    Who cares about this self obsessed talentless loser? The world is a better place without him. They should lay him out in his mothers panties and set this freak on fire.

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