Template:Did you know nominations/Taxi Driver (Alexander McQueen collection)

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The result was: promoted by BorgQueen (talk) 12:47, 9 May 2023 (UTC)

Taxi Driver (Alexander McQueen collection)

• ... that British designer Alexander McQueen got so drunk that he lost his entire second collection? Source: Gods and Kings pp 108-109 (or any of Watt, Bethune, or Wilson, from the article - it's a legendary fuckup).
  • Reviewed: Template:Did you know nominations/Whistling Dick (cannon)

Created by Premeditated Chaos (talk). Self-nominated at 06:55, 7 May 2023 (UTC). Post-promotion hook changes for this nom will be logged at Template talk:Did you know nominations/Taxi Driver (Alexander McQueen collection); consider watching this nomination, if it is successful, until the hook appears on the Main Page.

Hook eligibility:

• Cited: - I love this hook (shame Man Stink probably isn't notable), but I don't think it quite matches what's said in the article. Thomas and Watt both say that McQueen and Ungless went drinking and forgot about the bags of clothes, but neither says that the forgetting was because of drunkenness. Perhaps:
  • ALT1: ... that, after an evening at a club, British designer Alexander McQueen lost his entire second collection?
  • or ALT2: ... that British designer Alexander McQueen left his entire second collection in a dumpster at a club and then forgot about it?
• Interesting:

Overall: Moved from userspace today. All Earwig's hits >5% are quotes or titles. @Premeditated Chaos: Great read. Just the hook issue to resolve. Also, not a DYK issue, but is there a reason that Thomas 102–103 is cited next to Thomas 108–109? -- Tamzin^{[cetacean needed]} (she|they|xe) 19:01, 7 May 2023 (UTC)

• • Hey Tamzin, thanks for the review. The citation thing was a typo; both Wilson & Thomas discuss the incident at similar points in their books, and both books were released the same year. 102-103 was meant to be a cite to Wilson, which I've now fixed. Wilson is a little more explicit about the incident, quoting Ungless saying they danced and drank "for hours". How about...
    • ALT3: ... that British designer Alexander McQueen partied so hard that he forgot his entire second collection in a dumpster?
  • That neatly elides the question of precisely how drunk they were, and I think it's reasonably supported by the sources. ♠PMC♠ (talk) 22:43, 7 May 2023 (UTC)
    • I think that's a reasonable characterization of the sources, yeah. Approved for ALT3. -- Tamzin^{[cetacean needed]} (she|they|xe) 01:40, 8 May 2023 (UTC)