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
husband grandmother coats
Wear a towel instead of a coat, it’s very chic. Or your husband’s boxer shorts with a belt, or something from your grandmother. It’s all about do-it-yourself at the moment.
hunting artist fishing
The orb came about because I wanted to do this kitsch sweater for Prince Charles when he went hunting and fishing with his kilt on.
thinking stuff too-much
We are so conformist; nobody is thinking. We are all sucking up stuff; we have been trained to be consumers, and we are all consuming far too much.
views tree woods
If you see everything from the point of view of women being victims in some way, you don't see the wood for the trees. It is better to be a person than a woman.
personality dresses helping
If you dress up, it helps your personality to emerge - if you choose well.
fashion magazines looks
I never look at fashion magazines. I find them incredibly boring.
do-it-yourself wells
Buy less, choose well & do it yourself!
trying way different
I'm not trying to do something different, I'm trying to do the same thing but in a different way
ideas people needs
Sometimes you need to transport your idea to an empty landscape and then populate it with fantastic looking people.
fashion conformity reason
The only reason I'm in fashion is to destroy the word conformity.
thinking appreciate people
Why do people think that if you don't dress up, others will appreciate your beauty more - that style will somehow emanate from you? It's rubbish. If you dress up it helps your personality to emerge - if you choose well
pedestal
I like to literally put women on a pedestal
beauty people today
People have never looked so ugly as they do today. We just consume far too much.
people design personality
I design things to help people to hopefully express their personality.