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
sexy important looks
It's better to look important than sexy.
war looks world
I was born during the war and grew up in a time of rationing. We didn't have anything. It's influenced the way I look at the world.
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.
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.
looks look-up dictionary
Every time I have to look up a word in the dictionary, I'm delighted.
looks rich poor
My aim is to make the poor look rich and the rich look poor.
fashion magazines looks
I never look at fashion magazines. I find them incredibly boring.
I'm the proof - you can't throw away tradition.
Fashion is life-enhancing, and I think it's a lovely, generous thing to do for other people.
endangered
I do think we're an endangered species. But that we do have a plan to save the rainforest.
time
I am in my own head most of the time.
against believe cool government hippies message movement people proud punk stand
The reason why I am proud of my part in the punk movement is that I think it really did implant a message that was already there. The hippies told it to me, but punk made it something cool for people to stand up for, which is that we do not believe government, that we are against government.
Popular culture is a contradiction in terms. If it's popular, it's not culture.