Alexander McCune (Alexander McQueen) was born in East End (East London), and her father was a local taxi driver.

McQueen started making clothes for his three sisters when he was little, and decided to become a fashion designer later.

Alexander McCune (Alexander McQueen) left school at the age of 16 and began to become an apprenticeship for Anderson and Shepard (Anderson & Shepherd) in the Xavier Ne (Savile Row) tailor's clothing store, and then he went to "Gieves & Hawkes" and the well-known theater clothing brand "Angels & Bermans".

In Saville lane, Alexander McQueen (Alexander McCune) clients include Mikhail Gorbachev and Prince Charles.

At the age of 20, McQueen worked for designer Tachino Koji for a while, then he went to Milan, Italy and worked for designer Romeo Kiy (Romeo Gigli).

Alexander McCune (Alexander McQueen) returned to London in 1994 and began working as a tailoring teacher at the most famous clothing design school, Central Saint Martins College of Art and Design, in London, in 1994.

Alexander McCune (Alexander McQueen)'s early costume works are controversial, including the trousers named bumsters, and the series of designs called Highland Rape, so he is also called "the terrible child" (enfant terrible) and the "British fashion hooligan" (the hooligan of English fashion).