Alexander McQueen - London boy RIP

Not that i am overly fussed about his passing, but he was one of the most culturally relevant figures of the 90's/Noughties - whether his relevance is something you detest or admire is irrelevant, but the tone of your comment suggests that rather than celebrate a creative talent, you would rather use him as another excuse to bemoan all that you see as being wrong in society.

We should be thankful that his ilk still appear the radar, otherwise all we would be left with is Posh, Becks, and DJ Otzi

"Culturally relevant"? Maybe, whatever it means. But he made expensive clothes, that's all. I am afraid that to me, and I would suspect to all my friends, he was entirely irrelevant. Perhaps* we* are not culturally relevant? Or could it be that culture is a complex thing that, like it or not, includes people like Posh and Becks as well as people like James Nachtwey, John Pilger and Janine Di Giovanni who may well not feature on your radar but do on mine?
I did say that I didn't doubt his talent. But his talent expressed itself in a milieu that is renowned for it's vacuity and nastiness and I see no good reason why anyone should not point that out; this is not his funeral service, we are not writing eulogies. Whether or not someone admires his (alleged) relevance, given what he did for a living, also seems perfectly relevant. If you proclaim him as a figure of culture then it is only fair that he is debated as such even in his passing.
I feel the same for his family and friends as I do when I read a Rider Down thread or any of, as has been pointed out, the many other stories of sad and untimely deaths that fill the news each day.