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
women thinking artist
I think feminists are unaware of the tremendous extent of the role of women in history.
artist want london
The young Japanese, especially, love to wear the latest thing and when they come to London they head for my shops as part of what they want to find in Britain.
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.
artist clothes kind
Even though it was the 70s, we found old stocks of clothes that had never been worn from the 50s and took them apart. I started to teach myself how to make clothes from that kind of formula.
money artist financial
But, having a perfume and license, in general, is a financial necessity. A designer must, to reap back the money spent on prototypes and all that sort of thing.
artist japan clothes
My clothes are very popular in Japan.
artist lines britain
However, because Britain is young and exciting, I did show my second line here once or twice.
artist space culture
I don't have space to enter into the examples or the history of this, so I'm left with having to make the bold statement that culture is extinct.
artist color islands
We wanted to step off our island and add the color of the third world. We got gold cigarette paper and stuck it around our teeth. We really did look like pirates and dressed to look the part.
women artist feminist
Feminists wish women to seem like men. They're not men.
artist rocks firsts
I was the first person to have a punk rock hairstyle.
queens artist admire
I didn't do anything at the Queen, whom I admire.
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.
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.