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
husband grandmother coats
Wear a towel instead of a coat, it’s very chic. Or your husband’s boxer shorts with a belt, or something from your grandmother. It’s all about do-it-yourself at the moment.
queens artist admire
I didn't do anything at the Queen, whom I admire.
insecure men thinking
I think that feminists have definitely underestimated the role that women have had historically. I think I would be insecure if I were to be a man; there's so much pressure on you.
pedestal
I like to literally put women on a pedestal
trying way different
I'm not trying to do something different, I'm trying to do the same thing but in a different way
views tree woods
If you see everything from the point of view of women being victims in some way, you don't see the wood for the trees. It is better to be a person than a woman.
clothes quality-not-quantity lasts
Buy less. Choose well. Make it last. Quality, not quantity. Everybody's buying far too many clothes.
outsiders rebel may
I may be a rebel, but I am not an outsider.
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.
names purple punk
I was a punk before it got its name. I had that hairstyle and purple lipstick.
looks rich poor
My aim is to make the poor look rich and the rich look poor.
mistake inspiration creativity
It is all about technique. The great mistake of this century is to put inspiration and creativity first.
ideas people needs
Sometimes you need to transport your idea to an empty landscape and then populate it with fantastic looking people.
writing people environmental
I always thought we had an environmental problem, but I hadn't realized how urgent it was. James Lovelock writes that by the end of this century there will be one billion people left.