The pioneering British designer, who fused the worlds of punk and high fashion, has passed away at the age of 81, a representative confirmed.
together under the World’s End label before parting ways, with the frill-sleeved blouses, stiff felt hats, and jacquard pants covering British“It changed the way people looked,” said Westwood of some of her landmark collections, including Buffalo/Nostalgia of Mud, 1982; the creation of the mini-crini in 1985; and the launch of her diffusion line Anglomania in 1993. “I was messianic about punk, seeing if one could put a spoke in the system in some way,” she said.
Westwood famously collected her OBE from Queen Elizabeth II in 1992 wearing no knickers. “I wished to show off my outfit by twirling the skirt,” she said. “It did not occur to me that, as the photographers were practically on their knees, the result would be more glamorous than I expected… I have heard that the picture amused the Queen.
Westwood’s runway has long been her political platform. T-shirts in her spring 2006 collection read “I Am Not A Terrorist, Please Don’t Arrest Me,” while models in her fall 2008 show carried signs demanding fair legal trials for Guantánamo Bay prisoners. A banner in the spring 2013 show called for a climate revolution. Other times she has shown support for U.S.
Westwood’s namesake label carried couture, bridal, and men’s and women’s ready-to-wear collections. She met Austrian fashion studentin the late 1980s when teaching at the Vienna School of Applied Art and they married in 1992. They partnered under the Westwood label, but in 2016 he became creative director of the brand, with the mainline being renamed Andreas Kronthaler for Vivienne Westwood.
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