Mcqueen’s Death: Grief Versus Depression
Celebrity lifestyle has always been closely scrutinized by the media and society at large. The death of Alexander McQueen brings us back to the question of why it is important for us to get out of a rat-race for a while and spend sometime with ourselves.
February 11, 2010 is indeed a sad day for the fashion fraternity. The death of Alexander McQueen has come as a rude shock to the world. The fashion industry has lost one of its charming personalities. Designer Alexander McQueen aged 40 was found dead in his London home on Thursday. News reports suggested that he has been suffering from acute depression for some time following the dead of his mother earlier this month. Though there is no official confirmation yet on the nature of the death (till the time of writing this article) but indication suggest that it is a case of suicide.
McQueen’s death has robbed the fashion industry of one of its most innovative and successful young designers. From London to New York to Paris & Milan, McQueen succeeded in capturing the imagination of the glitterati and reaching the upper echelons of the design world. He was successful in maintaining his provocative and distinctive design styles. His fashion statement with McQ will inspire a generation of designers to come. Some of his last words on the Social Networking site Twitter demonstrated the anguish that McQueen was going through after this mother’s death. He wrote on his Twitter account describing how life was and seeming to resign to the fact that ” life must go on!!!!!!!!!!!!!!”.
The untimely death of McQueen brings back the focus on celebrity lifestyle. A lot has been written about it. There have been many such cases reported in the past. Celebrities have a known history of psychological problems particularly depression. In November, 2009, Supermodel Dual Kim committed suicide by hanging herself in her Paris apartment. She had been complaining of working too hard and being lonely and depressed. There are a host of other cases from around the world. It is indeed ironical that, people to whom the common man looks up for courage and inspiration – as role models are themselves victims of social disorder. It is a grim reminder of the fact that celebrity lifestyle is strewn with the underpinning of social discomfort. It is a spiral of hard work, social stature, money and the failure to give time to oneself.
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