The store will be located on West 14th Street, not far from Jeffrey, the high-fashion pioneer of the meatpacking district, which already carries the former Givenchy couturier's ready-to-wear line.

An Alexander McQueen spokeswoman in London tells us that the new space will be "an exaggerated version of the Tokyo store ... on a much larger scale. The Tokyo space is only 1,500 square feet, this one is 4,000."

The Tokyo outlet, opened on September 20, was designed by William Russell, who will also be responsible for its New York counterpart. Its curved walls, suspended columns and engraved quotations from Dante's Inferno create an other-worldly setting for McQueen's often visionary pieces.

The New York store will be McQueen's third. He opened his first freestanding store, a 2,000 square foot space, on London's Conduit Street two years ago.

Hopefully, the edgy Brit won't be lonely in the U.S. There's talk that McQueen's Gucci comrade Stella McCartney will be setting up her shop nearby when she opens her first New York store next year.