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.
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.
museums people trying
I do not approve of museums trying just to get people to come in. Whistler was very, very clear on this.
thinking trying tasks
I have a company, and I've got to think about that. I'm trying to do my best there, and that's a much harder task. We recycle as much as possible, and we conserve. But I've always been one to save everything - I even walk up stairs on the very inside or the very outside to not wear out the tread.
always-trying friendly research
I am always trying to find fabrics that are more friendly to the environment - working with Virgin Atlantic, they managed to research into this and find more eco fabrics.
people trying have-faith
I don't have faith in young people any more. I don't waste time trying to communicate with them.
trying way different
I'm not trying to do something different, I'm trying to do the same thing but in a different way
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.