I know this is a home design company and maybe I'm supposed to only talk about home decor and such.  But as I am a person...with a life outside of work...sometimes I bring home-life into work-life.  So yeah...I am really bummed that Alexander McQueen is gone.  Not because I know him or anything...Its just that he was BRILLIANT! I know people throw that word out a lot now and maybe you would disagree but I liked his work...it speaks to me somehow...I always thought if I had the money to buy couture, I would want his stuff, and Comme des Garcons of course...But yes, every season, I look forward to seeing his collection.  His most recent one blew me away...I don't know if it was the sci-fi fan in me or what but my goodness the SHOES!!!!  aren't they a marvel?  I am still trying to figure how a foot actually fits into one of those hoof-like numbers...But there will be no more collections.. Its really sad to me that so many people with that type of talent, could find themselves in a place so dark....that death seems like the only solution.  Then again I often think maybe the darkness is part of the genius?  I makes me somewhat mad at the universe...