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Fashion badboy Alexander McQueen showed a surpisingly tasteful and reserved collection for Spring this week in Milan. It's called "Harlem," which references the dandies of upper Manhattan while also referencing Death In Venice through the anagram "Mahler," which is the name of the composer who penned the music used in Visconti's 1971 film version of the Thomas Mann story.

We find that all a bit pretentious, but we think the collection is very cute and wearable, with masterfully tailored suits, fetching cardigans, and trench-style and double-breasted jackets that tuck into pants. Maybe gone are the days of Juicy Couture-esque track suits and clown pants, though we don't want McQueen to trick us into thinking that good judgment has completely obliterated his urgent need to provoke.

See a few of our favorite looks from the collection after the jump.

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Remember that nasty fashion blind item we posted a while ago? Well we had a couple readers write in to tell us that the real subject was not any one of the three we suggested, and was in fact Lee ("Alexander") McQueen, who also happens to be the subject of this new, not-blind-at-all item. It all makes sense to us now.

From Popbitch:

The British fashion pack can always be relied on to start new trends. And this summer, the big new thing seems to be... fisting.

One young chap met Alexander McQueen on gaydar, and went round to his house. The two men got along famously until the designer revealed his thoughts on fisting. The lad got scared, made his excuses and left. Unfortunately, he left in such a hurry that McQueen's dog chased and started to attack him. Cue much attention and generosity to the boy, in the hope that he wouldn't report the beloved pooch.

Of course we do not stand by the truth of either of these tawdry rumors, but we don't feel too guilty in propagating them.

Today is National Coming Out Day. Hooray! The holiday has been celebrated each October 11th since the March on Washington for Gay and Lesbian Equality in 1987.

We Queerty people only need to come out of the closet when we can’t decide between our Gucci jeans and our Alexander McQueen suits. Among our readers, though, there might be some souls who shiver in their Fruit of the Loom underwear at the mere thought of coming out. To them we say “Exit that damn closet.” The stale air, not to mention the straight threads in there can’t possibly do you any good.

The Human Rights Campaign has declared that the theme for this year’s National Coming Out Day is “Talk About It.” Last year’s theme was “Come Out. Speak Out. Vote.” The votes went all the wrong way, as far as our rights are concerned, but if even one past closet case is now holding hands with her girlfriend in public, the effort was worthwhile.