I had Pugh on top of a list of potential designers who I thought would be most likely to take over as creative director. After all Pugh and McQueen have similar aesthetics and a different way of looking at fashion to the rest of us. But does Pugh have the tailoring skills and the strength to work at a major design house? It’s not for everyone, McQueen himself did not enjoy his time at Givenchy, Tom Ford hated YSL and the great Yves Saint Laurent didn’t last long at Christian Dior. Pugh has developed into a strong designer over the last few seasons as his runway collections become increasingly more wearable (not in the bad ‘oh it’s wearable’ way) but the fashion world is watching. The house of Alexander McQueen is under a microscope as every little movement and announcement is talked about and analyzed.