Vivienne Westwood

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Gorman, Paul (30 December 2022). "Vivienne Westwood and Malcolm McLaren: The rebellious duo that inspired a generation of punks". telegraph.co.uk . Retrieved 31 December 2022. In 1971, Mclaren opened a boutique shop at 430 Kings Road in London and started filling it with Westwood's designs. While the name of the shop seemed to be in constant flux — it was changed five times — it proved to be an important fashion center for the punk movement. When Mclaren became the manager of the Sex Pistols, it was Westwood's designs that dressed the band and help it carve out its identity. Anglomania’ launches in 1998 as its own diffusion line, taking inspiration from the Vivienne Westwood archive collections. The youthful collection pays homage to Westwood’s iconic tailoring and draped silhouettes and includes styles from the SEX, Pirate, Mini-Crini and Bondage collections. As Westwood would later recall, her childhood years were far from London's high life. "I lived in a part of the country that had grown up in the Industrial Revolution," she once said. "I didn't know about art galleries…I'd never seen an art book, never been to the theatre."

Witches, Autumn-Winter 1983/84 – Visit to New York, met Keith Haring. His art looked like magic signs and hieroglyphics. Therefore – collection “Witches”. – Hip Hop, styling of garments. – Stop-frame look. – White trainers customised with three tongues. – Pointed Chico Marx hats. Vivienne Westwood: the early years". Archived from the original on 15 December 2014 . Retrieved 21 September 2014. Holland, Oscar. "Vivienne Westwood suspends herself in giant birdcage to protest Assange's extradition". CNN . Retrieved 28 July 2020. Vivienne Isabel Westwood (* April 8, 1941, as Vivienne Isabel Swire in Tintwistle, Derbyshire; † December 29, 2022, in London) is considered not only an unconventional designer in the mid-seventies, but also the inventor of punk fashion. Forty years later, Westwood's fashion is characterized by eccentric combinations of colorful patterns, rare fabrics and borrowings from historical clothing. With the much quoted statement "Buy less, choose well, make it last," the politically active British woman also emphatically promotes more sustainability in the fashion world.Vivienne Westwood, fashion designer and style icon, dies at 81". CNN. 29 December 2022 . Retrieved 29 December 2022. In Autumn-Winter 2002/03, the Vivienne Westwood X Commes des Garçons collaboration launches in Japan and Milan through the Cosa Coma Comme shops. Khanh T.L. Tran (23 March 2015). "Vivienne Westwood Opening First Boutique in New York". Women's Wear Daily . Retrieved 21 February 2016.

The Made in Kenya collaboration launches in 2010, as a partnership with the United Nations in support of the Ethical Fashion Initiative and Artisan Fashion.In 2014, Westwood bought a controlling interest in the equity crowdfunding platform Trillion Fund, which was dissolved in 2019. [66] In 2007, Westwood was approached by the Chair of King's College London, Patricia Rawlings, to design an academic gown for the college after it had successfully petitioned the Privy Council for the right to award degrees. [35] In 2008, the Westwood-designed academic dresses for King's College were unveiled. On the gowns, Westwood commented: "Through my reworking of the traditional robe I tried to link the past, the present and the future. We are what we know." [35] Academic dress of King's College London in different colours, designed and presented by Westwood in 2008