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Feminists wish women to seem like men. They're not men.
Vivienne Westwood
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Vivienne Westwood
Age: 83
Born: 1941
Born: April 8
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Derbyshire
Vivienne Isabel Swire
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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.
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The only possible effect one can have on the world is through unpopular ideas.
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My biggest criticism is how can people be so easily satisfied? Even people with talent.
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I didn't do anything at the Queen, whom I admire.
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I was a punk before it got its name. I had that hairstyle and purple lipstick.
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The migrants are not a temporary crisis. The crisis is mounting.
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I'm not sure what I think about current fashion, though. A few years ago, I would have said it's really, really bad and you hardly ever see anybody looking good. There must be some very good designers in the world.
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I remember reading a book set in the future, it was written in the 1870s projecting to 1920, and this time traveler said you couldn't tell the difference between men and women. He saw what was coming.
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I own my own company, so I've never had businessmen telling me what to do or getting worried if something doesn't sell. I've always had my own access to the public, because I started off making my clothes for a little shop and so I've always had people buying them.
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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.
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You've got to invest in the world, you've got to read, you've got to go to art galleries, you've got to find out the names of plants. You've got to start to love the world and know about the whole genius of the human race. We're amazing people.
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Why do people think that if you don't dress up, others will appreciate your beauty more - that style will somehow emanate from you? It's rubbish. If you dress up it helps your personality to emerge - if you choose well
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Instead of buying six things, buy one thing that you really like. Don't keep buying just for the sake of it.
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Fashion is life-enhancing and I think it's a lovely, generous thing to do for other people.
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I design things to help people to hopefully express their personality.
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The main message we want to get out there is that climate change is caused by the rotten economic system.
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Intelligence is composed mostly of imagination, insight, things that have nothing to do with reason.
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I have always loved the Mao cap, though I hate violent revolution.
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