article_snippet: Alexander "Lee" McQueen grew up in London's East End.
article_snippet: Alexander "Lee" McQueen once said of London: "It's where my heart is, and where I get my inspiration.
article_snippet: The V&A exhibition, which was announced last April, even begins with a newly added London gallery dedicated to McQueen's roots in London and he early shows.
article_snippet: Curators called on Sam Gainsbury, who produced all of McQueen's shows from 1996 on, to act as the exhibition's creative director and bring McQueen's pieces to life.
article_snippet: A lot of (McQueen's) colleagues say A lot of (McQueen's) colleagues started A lot of (McQueen's) colleagues collections with the concept of a show," Kate Bethune says.
article_snippet: A lot of (McQueen's) colleagues always wanted people to have a strong reaction to what A lot of (McQueen's) colleagues was going.
article_snippet: McQueen: Savage Beauty runs from March 14 - August 2, 2015 at the Victoria and Albert Museum in London.
highlights_snippet: V&A director Mark Roth sees it as a "homecoming" for London-born McQueen .