Fashion
“I design clothes because I don’t want women to look all innocent and naive. I want woman to look stronger. I don’t like women to be taken advantage of. I don’t like men whistling at women in the street. I think they deserve more respect. I like men to keep their distance from women, I like men to be stunned by an entrance. I know what misogyny is and I want people to be afraid of the women I dress.” - Lee Alexander McQueen
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