It is not easy to define the bond which exists between a child and a mother. It is an emotion that has to be felt, truly felt! The motherly love which a mother feels for her her son and the comfort and solace which a son derives from the mother is simply indescribable. I was not shocked when fashion's chicest hooligan Alexander McQueen ended his life following his mother's death. Son of a taxi driver, who flouted the prevalent fashion rules and rewrote his own style lexicon with his raw energy. Jolting the fashion world with his new sensibility, Lee shot into every fashion lover's foci through profusion of new ideas and consistent ability to churn out fierce, feisty and futuristic collections seasons after seasons. It seemed his aim was to buy a house for his mother who was his greatest source of strength and inspiration. She was someone who was always on the front row to bless every collection he brought out. Alas! He couldn't bear her loss and took the extreme step leaving fashion lovers into trauma by ending his life. Here's hoping that his soul rests in peace. Fashion world definitely lost a genius who achieved a lot in a very small time. Hats off to Lee!
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Talking of motherly love and basic human emotions, its such a reality check in relation to celebrities. The world considers them to be larger than life, above the ordinariness of mundane life and so star struck that only fame matters. But does it really? After being saturated in recognition they fall back on human relations, perhaps, then it means to them more than anything else. The self matters just when its about lost. They are humans too, sometimes it takes death to make us see that. Hope his soul rests in peace and he finds his mother in the next world.
Thanks for the background information. I never knew why he took his own life. I assumed that he had been involved in an unhappy relationship.
I feel that there was a definite imbalance in his life if he could no longer live without his mother. No disrespect to mothers of course - I love my mum dearly!!
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