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(5:47)
NK: (Plato's Atlantis) Can you explain the theme behind that?
McQ: (From Wikipedia). The first thing that came up was Plato's definition of Atlantis or where he thought it was. I think Atlantis is a metaphor for Neverland. It could be anywhere. It could be anywhere people find sanctuary....in bad times.

(6:45)
NK: How old were you when you wanted to design clothes?
McQ: I think about 3 years old.

(7:30)
NK: I've always wondered where your fascination with the macabre comes from.
McQ: I've always been fascinated with the Victorian view of death...It's not about brushing it under the carpet. It's about celebrating someone's life and I don't think it's a bad thing. I think it's a sad thing and melancholy thing but I think it's a romantic thing because it means the end of a cycle. Everything has an end. The cycle of life is a positive thing because it gives… for new things to go on behind you.

(11:21)
NK: In your clothes, there’s a lot of you, a lot of your personality. Do you think you leave enough space for the woman in your clothes?

McQ: You know, over the years, your mind is filled with so many archetypes of women that you try to please all women like a stud. It’s like having a harem of all the continents around the world, with different types of women, different sizes of women because geographically, women are not all the same all over the world from Asia to America.

So as a designer you’re constantly trying to…always get the person serviced, between you and an individual client which is the way I’ve designed the collection and sometimes it doesn’t read so in the show because I’m trying to cram so many aesthetics into one show to please every type of person and it can look disjointed, even though in my head it’s clear.

I think as time has gone on, I’ve grown to respect women more and more and more, especially as a gay man you don’t come to touch women not often on a physical level. You get into their minds about exactly what they want and what they need and what they would like and what they want to achieve and it’s like being, uh, a ….a SURGEON… of the MIND.

(22:13)
NK: When and where are you happiest?
McQ: Scuba diving.

(22:38)
NK: Is there anything you envy about a woman?
McQ: Their hold over men. Their sexuality I think it’s the ultimate way and something an insecure person you kind of envy in ….. but I think a woman’s sexuality in any shape or form is a powerful thing…..

(22:54)
NK: Has your life in fashion been harder or easier?
McQ: Harder, because the more you grow the more responsibility you have and the more people you’re responsible for.

(26:10)
NK: Who would you like to work with that you haven’t?
McQ: Alive - Phillip Glass. Dead - Da Vinci

(27:09)
NK: Any regrets?
McQ: I would have paid more attention to the situation long earlier. I should have concentrated a lot more earlier on in my career.

(27:29)
NK: What’s the most exciting thing you’ve ever stolen?
McQ: Someone’s heart."
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