Alex McQueen

Fashion designer Alexander McQueen, who committed suicide last week, died from asphyxiation according to his post-mortem.

Westminster Coroners Court heard that the designer took his life by hanging himself in a wardrobe at his London home. The hearing lasted five minutes.

His body was found last Thursday next to a note, on the eve of his mother’s funeral.

Detective Inspector Paul Armstrong told the inquest there were no suspicious circumstances.