For me, the highlight was reliving that incredible moment during the s/s 1999 finale of model Shalom Harlow in a white dress, being sprayed with paint by two robotic arms as she spun around on a revolving platform. I remember it so well. It was breathtaking, and more like art than fashion. What I hadn’t seen, and probably no one else in the audience saw, was McQueen standing at the back, crying.

There is no doubt McQueen was a true genius who left a profound influence on the world of fashion, but this is an emotional and mesmerising film about a man with incredible talent but a complicated, difficult life. It moved me to tears.

McQueen is in cinemas from 8 June

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“Why the new McQueen documentary moved me to tears”