Fashion designer Alexander McQueen hanged himself after taking a mix of cocaine, tranquillisers and sleeping pills, an inquest has concluded.
He was under huge pressure from work and “overwhelmed with grief” at the loss of his mother, the court heard. The 40-year-old’s body was found at his London flat on 11 February – the eve of his mother Joyce’s funeral.
McQueen’s psychiatrist, Dr Stephen Pereira, told the inquest that the leading designer was diagnosed with mixed anxiety and depressive disorder. “The balance of his mind was disturbed,” said coroner Dr Paul Knapman, recording a suicide verdict.
His psychiatrist added usually after a show McQueen felt a huge come-down – he felt isolated, it gave him a huge low. “He certainly felt very pressured by his work, but it was a double-edged sword,” Pereira said. “He felt it was the only area of his life where he felt he had achieved something.”
Before McQueen died he had been making final preparations for his spring collection to be unveiled in Paris. He was named British designer of the year four times after 1996.
His close friend, fashion stylist Isabella Blow who helped launch his career, killed herself in 2007.
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