LONG LIVE McQUEEN - CORONER REPORTS

LONDON — DEPRESSION, ANXIETY, AND WORK PRESSURE ALL CONTRIBUTED TO THE SUICIDE IN FEBRUARY OF LEE ALEXANDER MCQUEEN, ACCORDING TO THE LONDON CORONER INVESTIGATING THE CASE.

BUT IT WAS ALSO CLEAR MCQUEEN DIED OF A BROKEN HEART AT THE FINAL BLOW OF HIS MOTHER’S DEATH.

ON WEDNESDAY, PAUL KNAPMAN, M.D., PRESENTED HIS FINDINGS TO ABOUT 30 PEOPLE — INCLUDING MEMBERS OF MCQUEEN’S FAMILY, HIS FRIEND ANNABELLE NEILSON AND THE PRESS — AT WESTMINSTER CORONER’S COURT HERE AND OFFICIALLY CLOSED THE INQUEST.

AFTER HEARING EVIDENCE FROM MCQUEEN’S PSYCHIATRIST, HIS HOUSEKEEPER AND POLICE WHO INVESTIGATED THE CASE, KNAPMAN CONCLUDED THE DESIGNER “KILLED HIMSELF WHILE THE BALANCE OF HIS MIND WAS DISTURBED.”

THE COURT HEARD MCQUEEN’S BODY WAS FOUND BY HIS HOUSEKEEPER, CESAR GARCIA, HANGING FROM A BELT IN A WARDROBE AT HIS APARTMENT IN GREEN STREET, MAYFAIR, THE MORNING OF FEB. 11.

A POSTMORTEM FOUND HE DIED FROM ASPHYXIA DUE TO HANGING, WHILE TOXICOLOGY REPORTS FOUND “SIGNIFICANT LEVELS” OF COCAINE IN HIS BLOOD, ALONG WITH ZOPICLONE, A PRESCRIPTION SLEEPING PILL, AND MIDAZOLAM, A TRANQUILIZER. THERE WERE ALSO LACERATIONS TO HIS WRISTS, AND A KNIFE AND DAGGER WERE DISCOVERED IN THE DESIGNER’S BEDROOM AND BATHROOM. A LAPTOP IN MCQUEEN’S BEDROOM HAD AN INTERNET PAGE OPEN DISPLAYING A PAGE THAT ASKED THE QUESTION, “WHEN SOMEONE SLITS THEIR WRISTS, HOW LONG DOES IT TAKE FOR THEM TO DIE?”

H&M FESTIVE FASHION AGAINST AIDS 2010

I HAVE BEEN FORTUNATE ENOUGH TO BE INVOLVED WITH H&M AND THERE FAA ANNUAL CAMPAIGN IN PAST SEASONS, THIS SEASON LOOKS PARTICULARLY ENTICING. GIVING BACK REALLY LOOKS GOOD.

H&M SAID IT HAS RAISED MORE THAN $4.1 MILLION, WITH ITS PAST TWO FASHION AGAINST AIDS COLLECTIONS, WHICH CONSISTED OF TOPS DESIGNED IN COLLABORATION WITH MUSICIANS, DESIGNERS AND ARTIST INCLUDING RIHANNA, GOOD CHARLOTTE, JADE JAGGER, TIMBALAND, KATY PERRY, N.E.R.D AND YOKO ONO.

THIS CAMPAIGN, SHOT BY DAN MARTENSEN, SHOWS LIZZIE JAGGER AND LOU DOILLON HANGING OUT IN FESTIVAL SETTING WITH MALE MODEL JOSH BEECH, WHO MOONLIGHTS AS LEAD SINGER OF BRITISH ROCK BAND SNISH.

KARL LAGERFELD SHOOTS CHANEL / ERES PHOTO PROJECT

KARL IS MASTERMINDING A CREATIVE BUT SURE TO BE QUIRKY PHOTO BASED "PRIVATE CO-BRANDING" COLLAB TIE-UP BETWEEN CHANEL AND SISTER BRAND, FRENCH LINGERIE AND SWIMWEAR LABEL ERES. SHOULD BE NOTE WORTHY.