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I was a punk before it got its name. I had that hairstyle and purple lipstick.

Vivienne Westwood

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Vivienne Westwood
Age: 83
Born: 1941
Born: April 8
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Derbyshire
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I think it is terribly important to have opinions, and to think. We live in a world of action without thought.
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I very rarely watch my own fashion shows, but the makeup for my Fall 2011 show was just brilliant.
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The only reason I'm in fashion is to destroy the word conformity.
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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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I just think people should invest in the world. Don't invest in fashion, but invest in the world.
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I'm different from any other designer, businesswise, in that I've built this company up and I own it. I never had business hype behind me to promote my image... My image is real... I have never had marketing people telling me what to do.
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All that self-expression has just created a generation of morons, hooked on an endless appetite for rubbish.
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The only possible effect one can have on the world is through unpopular ideas.
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I was born during the war and grew up in a time of rationing. We didn't have anything. It's influenced the way I look at the world.
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The most erotic zone is the imagination.
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If you wear clothes that don't suit you, you're a fashion victim. You have to wear clothes that make you look better.
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Buy less, choose well & do it yourself!
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I'm not trying to do something different, I'm trying to do the same thing but in a different way
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There is no hierarchy of values any more. Real progress is due mainly to human genius, and that's rare, and usually stems from a real elite, from a hierarchy.
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Everybody looks like clones and the only people you notice are my age. I don't notice anybody unless they look great, and every now and again they do, and they are usually 70.
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The thing that makes my clothes really different is that, number one, they are really great designs they're not tacky they are very professional the design is made from lots of decisions.
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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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Don't just eat McDonald's, get something a bit better. Eat a salad. That's what fashion is. It's something that is a bit better.
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What I'm always trying to say to the consumer is: buy less, choose well, make it last.
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I really don't like women who try to be men. All these politicians, I think they're horrendous. We could have a brilliant future, but we have this terrible male vision of destroying everything. They'd better sort themselves out and become more womanly.
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