Vivienne Westwood
Vivienne Westwood
Dame Vivienne Isabel Westwood DBE RDIis a British fashion designer and businesswoman, largely responsible for bringing modern punk and new wave fashions into the mainstream...
NationalityEnglish
ProfessionFashion Designer
Date of Birth8 April 1941
insecure men thinking
I think that feminists have definitely underestimated the role that women have had historically. I think I would be insecure if I were to be a man; there's so much pressure on you.
together looks rebel
When we started to do punk, we put all of these things together to create the look of an urban guerrilla - a rebel.
years people looks
When I'm in the street, the only people I notice are usually at least 70 years old, because they look really stylish.
outsiders rebel may
I may be a rebel, but I am not an outsider.
hero use world
Prince Charles is definitely my hero; he uses his position to do only good in this world.
looks look-up dictionary
Every time I have to look up a word in the dictionary, I'm delighted.
fashion thinking punk
I don't think punk fashion is a specter or overemphasized - it made a big impression, as there had never been anything like it before.
names purple punk
I was a punk before it got its name. I had that hairstyle and purple lipstick.
sea people suffering
How impossible it is for us to imagine ourselves victims of disaster. We suffer for the poor people who were thrown into the sea from their cruise ship off the coast of Tuscany, some losing their lives. Imagine a world of accelerating natural disasters, one after the other so that nobody can help anyone else.
home fighting men
Women fight for democracy and engage in the world. But they shouldn't try and be copying men and be masculine; they should anchor on the home and build on those fundamentals.
looks rich poor
My aim is to make the poor look rich and the rich look poor.
queens artist admire
I didn't do anything at the Queen, whom I admire.
reading book men
I remember reading a book set in the future, it was written in the 1870s projecting to 1920, and this time traveler said you couldn't tell the difference between men and women. He saw what was coming.
fashion thinking artist
I think dress, hairstyle and make-up are the crucial factors in projecting an attractive persona and give one the chance to enhance one's best physical features.