Sarah Jessica Parker Cries at Alexander McQueen Tribute
Sarah Jessica Parker and Vogue editor Anna Wintour were among the fashionistas who paid tribute to late designer Alexander McQueen at a private memorial service at St. Paul's Cathedral in London Monday.
Parker told a celebrity-studded crowd that included Kate Moss, Naomi Campbell and Rachel Weisz that it was with "honor and great regret" that she was there to mark the contribution and creativity the designer, who
committed suicide in February, gave to his industry.
"I would have loved to see what he would do next," she said.
Inside the cathedral, Icelandic performer Bjork, dressed in white and wearing angel wings, sang 'Gloomy Sunday,' a composition associated with suicide.
Wintour, who spoke during the service, remembered McQueen as "a complex and gifted young man."
"His final collection was a battle between dark and light. His was an 18-year career of harnessing his dreams and demons," she said.
"He showed us everything was possible; dreams could become reality. But he has left us with an even more exceptional legacy, a talent that soared like the birds of his childhood above us all."
McQueen, 40, stunned the fashion world by taking his own life in February. The designer, who reportedly took a cocktail of drugs before hanging himself, had been depressed by the recent death of his mother.
He was remembered in March on what would have been his 41st birthday by a number of prominent New York-based designers, including Diane von Furstenberg, Michael Kors, Zac Posen and Calvin Klein's Francisco Costa.
The Alexander McQueen label lives on under the creative direction of Sarah Burton.
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Remembering Alexander McQueen
Naomi Campbell and Alexander McQueen attend the private dinner at Caprice on September 21, 2009 in London, England. More photos of the late fashion icon >>
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that headline is stupid, why wouldn't she cry, he was her friend.
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Anyone else find this article creepy?
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She cries at the opening of an envelope. This ain't news.
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Someone cried at a memorial? What? Are you kidding me? Thanks for that tidbit.
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Parker should have asked McQueen before he flipped about how she can get rid of her scrawny Legs. That's probably why she was crying.
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DAMN! And I thought this was a tribute to STEVE McQueen. He's far more deserving than this Alexander guy.
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