News reports swirled today with news that Alexander McQueen was high on cocaine when he committed suicide just months ago. On February 11, McQueen was found by his housekeeper at his home in London. The fashion icon had hung himself after taking a "cocktail of cocaine, sleeping pills, and tranquilizers."
Having attempted suicide in the past, it is evident that McQueen had a history of inflicting self-harm. The designer had been close to his mother who recently passed away. And, sources believe, this was the final straw for McQueen. After his mother's passing he was fraught with grief and sadness. His mother was one of his closest friends and inspirations and he could not bear the thought of being without her.
The news of McQueen's harm to himself comes as an unfortunate and many time unwarranted stereotype for those in the fashion world. Because of McQueen are we to believe that other fashion icons, designers and models do not partake in this kind of behavior? What is it about the fashion industry that would drive a man to do something like this? If he spent his life creating 'beauty' and beautiful clothing, what is to be said about his not-so-beautiful private life? The fashion industry may have much more explaining to do in the future.
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