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
touch-me
I’m not terribly interested in beauty. What touches me is someone who understands herself.
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
outsiders rebel may
I may be a rebel, but I am not an outsider.
high-heels shoes womens-beauty
Shoes must have very high heels and platforms to put women's beauty on a pedestal.
used disagree
I disagree with everything I used to say.
taste waste alive
I'm frugal. I'm not a very acquisitive woman. I never waste food. If you prepare your own food, you engage with the world, it tastes alive. It tastes good.
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.
always-trying lasts consumers
What I'm always trying to say to the consumer is: buy less, choose well, make it last.
rotten want messages
The main message we want to get out there is that climate change is caused by the rotten economic system.
hippie movement generations
The hippie movement politicized my generation. When it ended, we all started looking back at our own history, looking, in my case, for motives of rebellion.
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.
hypocrisy parent world
When I first saw a picture of the crucifixion, I lost respect for my parents. I suddenly realised that this is what the adult world is like - full of cruelty and hypocrisy.