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
confusion environmental facts
Economists treat economics as if it is a pure science divorced from the facts of life. The result of this false accountancy is a willful confusion under cover of which industry wreaks its havoc scot-free and ignores the environmental cost.
people today
In history people dressed much better than we do today.
looks expensive
In Italy they take cheap cloth and make it look expensive, but I take expensive cloth and make it look cheap. They just don't understand.
ideas rocks forever
What changed our lives forever was when Malcolm had the idea to sell rock 'n roll records to trendy customers.
fashion jealous people
Journalists are usually quite jealous people, especially of intellectuals who are supposed to be in fashion.
rotten want messages
The main message we want to get out there is that climate change is caused by the rotten economic system.
art people support
The arts have only ever interested a small minority of people, which acted as a kind of nursery to support artists.
rain giving forests
Print some money and give it to us for the rain forests.
girl littles used
When I was a little girl you used to learn to sew all the holes in things, darning socks, but nobody mends things anymore.
success boys artist
We moved into the back, made it into a little 50s sitting room and started to sell the records. We had an immediate success. For one thing, these Teddy Boys were thrilled to buy the records.
book people should
More people should read books. It's the most concentrated experience you can have.
memories terrible concentrating
I've got a terrible memory; it's probably because I'm always concentrating on what I'm doing now.
sexy fashion giving
Fashion is here to help make people look very important. If they have good taste and choose what suits them, I give them options on how they can do that. It's always sexy, and it's always with the same result: making women look fantastic.
should-have suffering world
Everybody should have a fair deal; everybody should have the chance to life in this world. If we were evolved as human beings, we would hopefully be able to alleviate suffering in the world.