Dirs: Ian Bonhôte, Peter Ettedgui. 15 cert, 111 mins
“Rags to riches” could apply both to the tragic life story of Alexander McQueen, and, as the new documentary McQueen posits, to his gleaner’s aesthetic. Forever dirtying things up in his scandalous ascent to fame, he confected lavish art out of the trash can.
When he sent models out onto the catwalks wearing umbrellas or hubcaps on their heads, or wrapped head-to-toe in clingfilm he’d just found lying around, everyone could see how “Derelicte”, the spoof collection of Will Ferrell’s Mugatu in Zoolander, was so wickedly plausible.
Filmmakers Ian Bonhôte and Peter Ettedgui recount Lee Alexander McQueen’s speedy rise to prominence, as an East...