Alexander McQueen Is Dead at 40

As the Bryant Park tents opened this morning for the first shows of Mercedes-Benz Fashion Week, it soon became clear—thanks to the abundance of smartphones and laptops—that the day would be remembered as one of the darkest in the history of fashion. The death of Alexander McQueen, who committed suicide at the age of 40 in his London home, comes as a shock to the global fashion community and robs it of a leading designer in the prime of his career.