Alexander McQueen: A life in pictures

Alexander McQueen's shop on Old Bond Street, London. Photograph: Yui Mok/PA
Photograph: Yui Mok/PA

2010: Lady Gaga and Cyndi Lauper wear Alexander McQueen creations on the red carpet
Photograph: Stephen Lovekin/WireImage

2009: Models in McQueen's last show at Paris fashion week
Photograph: Benoit Tessier/Reuters

2009: An outlandish design in McQueen's autumn/winter 09/10 collection
Photograph: Pascal Rossignol/Reuters

2009: McQueen takes a bow after the show
Photograph: Eric Ryan/Getty Images

2008: Thandie Newton wears a McQueen dress to the Baftas
Photograph: Dave Hogan/Getty Images

2008: Beyonce Knowles performs at the World Music Awards in a McQueen outfit
Photograph: David Fisher/Rex Features

2008: Beth Ditto in a multicoloured McQueen kaftan at his store opening in Los Angeles
Photograph: Donato Sardella/WireImage

2008: A model wears in a scarlet creation, part of McQueen's autumn/winter 08-09 collection
Photograph: Jacques Brinon/AP

2008: A McQueen mankini at Milan fashion week
Photograph: Karl Prouse/Getty

2007: McQueen appears on the catwalk with milliner Philip Treacy
Photograph: Eric Ryan/Getty Images

2006: Flying the tartan flag again with Sarah Jessica Parker, at the Costume Institute Gala in New York
Photograph: Richard Young/Rex Features

2005: McQueen's close friend, the late Isabella Blow, in a Japanese garden hat designed by himself and Philip Treacy
Photograph: Richard Saker/Rex Features

2005: The designer during a Guardian photoshoot
Photograph: Martin Godwin

2005: McQueen shows his support for Kate Moss after she lost contracts with H&M, Burberry and Chanel
Photograph: Remy De La Mauviniere/AP

McQueen being interviewed by his mother Joyce for special edition of G2, edited by Sam Taylor-Wood
Photograph: Dan Chung/The Guardian

2004: McQueen's autumn/winter 04/05 collection at Paris fashion week
Photograph: Philippe Wojazer/Reuters

2003: McQueen accepts his CBE at Buckingham Palace
Photograph: Nils Jorgensen/Rex Features

2003: A parachute-inspired creation at the autumn-winter 03-04 show
Photograph: Jean-Pierre Muller/AFP

2002: McQueen poses with Kate Moss at the Mario Testino exhibition at the National Portrait Gallery
Photograph: Dave Benett/Getty Images

2002: Gwyneth Paltrow wears an understated McQueen outfit to the Oscars
Photograph: Reuters

2001: McQueen accepts an award from Prince Charles at the British Fashion Awards
Photograph: Richard Young/Rex Features

1999: McQueen displays the stars and stripes at his show in New York
Photograph: Louis Lanzano/AP

1998: The dramatic finale of McQueen's collection on the last day of London fashion week
Photograph: Paul Vicente/EPA

1997: Naomi Campbell models McQueen's Givenchy collection at Paris fashion week
Photograph: Ken Towner/Rex Features

1997: A young McQueen carries a falcon down the catwalk
Photograph: Pierre Verdy/AFP/Getty Images

1996: McQueen with Italian fashion designer Valentino
Photograph: Richard Young/Rex Features