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Yesterday at the British Fashion Awards, photographer Nick Knight presented a video, ‘To Lee, With Love, Nick’, he had made in tribute to the breathtaking imagination and groundbreaking designs of Lee McQueen. It features a group of models wearing McQueen’s iconic designs, set to an exclusive soundtrack by Björk. Styled by Edward Enninful.

‘This film is my way of speaking about a very unique and important person who changed my life. My desire was to speak in some way about the dark and the light contained within Lee, and within us all.’  – Nick Knight.

Four time winner of British Designer of the Year award, Lee Alexander McQueen received the award for Outstanding Achievement in Fashion Design in recognition for his extraordinary career. Revered globally for his fabulous tailoring, exciting, innovative and outrageous style on and off the runway, McQueen will be remembered as the most innovative and influential fashion designer of his generation.

Lee Alexander McQueen, 1969 – 2010

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