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
always-trying lasts consumers
What I'm always trying to say to the consumer is: buy less, choose well, make it last.
thinking important world
I think it is terribly important to have opinions, and to think. We live in a world of action without thought.
sexy important looks
It's better to look important than sexy.
mother example family-life
I always tried to do things by example, even though I was not a very good mother regarding routines and family life.
reality uprising trying
I was still interested in the youth rebellion but never-the-less I stopped being a victim. Stopped trying to attack the establishment realizing that it takes too much of your energy.
always-trying interesting people
I'm always attracted to people who interest me. They've got to be people who are really true to themselves somehow, and who are always trying to do something that makes their life more interesting, or better, or something for somebody else. They're interested in people.
real hype people
I'm different from any other designer, businesswise, in that I've built this company up and I own it. I never had business hype behind me to promote my image... My image is real... I have never had marketing people telling me what to do.
taste waste alive
I'm frugal. I'm not a very acquisitive woman. I never waste food. If you prepare your own food, you engage with the world, it tastes alive. It tastes good.
race athletic type
The muscular, athletic type is not representative of the human race, who are varied in their physique.
fashion thinking years
I'm not sure what I think about current fashion, though. A few years ago, I would have said it's really, really bad and you hardly ever see anybody looking good. There must be some very good designers in the world.
war reality people
There are many war refugees and three times as many climate refugees. All of them are people who can no longer live where they were born. I hope we face reality in time to save ourselves. We will all be migrants soon.
girl children boys
I've always felt heroic about my life... As a child, I remember little girls in the playground moaning about how boys could do more than they could. I didn't think that was the case at all. My parents didn't treat me as a girl.
fashion fall makeup
I very rarely watch my own fashion shows, but the makeup for my Fall 2011 show was just brilliant.
thinking important vote
I think it's important to vote.