Get a Life: The Diaries of Vivienne Westwood

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Cadwallader, Carole (2 December 2007). "I don't feel comfortable defending my clothes. But if you've got the money to afford them, then buy something from me. Just don't buy too much". The Guardian. London, England . Retrieved 9 April 2010. World Wide Woman, Autumn-Winter 2011/12 – Female agency and power. – Mother Earth. – “It is women who forge the bonds of society” (Vivienne). – Golden brocade woven with faces of medieval icons. – Byzantine jewellery. – Tailoring as armour. – “They are the guardians of culture, most importantly in their creation of the salon (Napoleon agreed to ennoble his generals on condition that their wives opened a salon)” (Vivienne). Why the Swagger of Vivienne Westwood's 1981 Pirate Collection Resonates 40 Years On". Vogue. Condé Nast. 17 May 2021 . Retrieved 5 January 2023. Two years later, in 1974, Westwood and McLaren's boutique was re-modelled, and reopened as Sex. Pieces sold in Sex were intentionally abrasive and challenging, with designs grounded in fetish and sado-masochism, seeking to provoke a comfortable middle class and inspire young punks into political action by challenging the status quo. [24] Garments retailed at Sex included skirts and dresses made from rubber. [25] Vivienne Westwood with her husband Andreas Kronthaler arriving for a reception at 10 Downing Street, London, in 1997. Photograph: David Cheskin/PA

In 1962, she met Derek Westwood, a Hoover factory apprentice, in Harrow. [15] They married on 21 July 1962; Westwood made her own wedding dress. [15] In 1963, she gave birth to a son, Benjamin. [15] Malcolm McLaren [ edit ] Dua Lipa's Custom Vivienne Westwood Brit Awards Looks Are A Riotous Ode To Britishness". vogue.co.uk. Archived from the original on 14 January 2023 . Retrieved 14 January 2023. A memorial service for Westwood was held at Southwark Cathedral in London on 16 February 2023. [134] Portraits of Vivienne Westwood [ edit ] The Vivienne Westwood X Eastpak ‘SAVE OUR OCEANS’ collection of bags and accessories launches in July 2020. Sex Pistols manager Malcolm McLaren with Vivienne Westwood in 1977. Photograph: Mirrorpix/Getty ImagesIn 1958, her family moved to Harrow, Greater London. Westwood took a jewelry and silversmith course at the University of Westminster, then known as the Harrow Art School, [13] but left after one term, saying: "I didn't know how a working-class girl like me could possibly make a living in the art world". [14] After taking a job in a factory and studying at a teacher-training college, she became a primary-school teacher. During this period, she created her own jewelry, which she sold at a stall on Portobello Road. [11] Dita Von Teese's wedding dress, 2005 | Western Australian Museum". museum.wa.gov.au . Retrieved 27 August 2022. Fashion in Art: the Second Empire and Impressionism – OpenBibArt". Open Bib Art. 1995. Archived from the original on 2 December 2016 . Retrieved 1 December 2016.

Sisley, Dominique (2 June 2017). "Vivienne Westwood comes out in support of Jeremy Corbyn". Dazed . Retrieved 1 May 2018.

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Anglophilia, Autumn-Winter 2002/03 – Second step from Anglomania. – Vivienne’s favourite red dress. – Queen Elizabeth II’s Silver Jubilee. – Unfinished and undone. – Inspired by: Holbein and Boucher. – Fetishising Englishness. – Snagged argyll knits. – Madame de Pompadour gown. – Subdued palette. – Ribbons and tweeds.

Her provocative and sometimes controversial designs came to define the punk aesthetic, and Westwood would become one of Britain’s most celebrated fashion designers, blending historical references, classic tailoring and romantic flourishes with harder-edged and sometimes overtly political messages.To celebrate her 80th birthday, Westwood was commissioned by CIRCA, an art platform founded in 2020 by British-Irish artist Josef O'Connor, [115] to present a new video work on the Piccadilly Lights screen in Piccadilly Circus, London. In the ten-minute film created with her brother, the punk icon performed a rewritten rendition of "Without You" from My Fair Lady to offer a stark warning of societal indifference to the looming environmental catastrophes, a call against the arms trade, and its link to climate change: "I have a plan 2 save the World. Capitalism is a war economy + war is the biggest polluter, therefore Stop War + change economy 2 fair distribution of wealth at the same time: NO MANS LAND. Let's be clear, U + I can't stop war just like that. But we can stop arms production + that would halt climate change cc + financial Crash. Long term this will stop war". [116] In an interview with The Guardian, her husband Andreas Kronthaler was quoted as saying, "It was a beautiful day because for once she let herself enjoy it." [117] Death [ edit ]