Category: Fashion Designer
Post Contributor: Olivier Blanc
Profession: Fashion Designer
Born: April 8th, 1941, Tintwistle, England
Died: December 29th, 2022, London, England
Nationality: British
Famous for:
- SEX store in London
- Punk style and its evolution
- Anglomania collection
- Activism
© Illustration by Olivier Blanc
Links for resources:
Official website
Profile and complete timeline (The Design Museum)
"Vivienne Westwood: a taste for the past", article and photographs (V&A)
"Vivienne Westwood: punk, new romantic and beyond", article and photographs (V&A)
"I WAS very AGGRESSIVE ABOUT PUNK IN THOSE DAYS. IT WAS like A YOU’RE-WITH-ME-OR-AGAINST-ME KIND of THING." Vivienne Westwood, Interview Magazine
2012 interview by Tim Blanks (Interview Magazine)
The Witches collection, context and gallery (V&A)
"9 Facts About Vivienne Westwood", facts with photographs (Google Arts & Culture)
"SEX was the center of the punk fashion scene and many young punks hung out, worked, or bought clothes there [...]"
"Vivienne Westwood and the Postmodern Legacy of Punk Style", essay by Shannon Price (The Met)
Life and career – in pictures (The Guardian)
Revisit The Late Dame Vivienne Westwood’s Extraordinary Career (Vogue UK)
I-Cons: interview (i-D)
Further research: (topics in connection):
- Fashion Design
- Punk style
- The Sex pistols
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