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However, because Britain is young and exciting, I did show my second line here once or twice.

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Vivienne Westwood
Age: 83
Born: 1941
Born: April 8
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Derbyshire
Vivienne Isabel Swire
Dame Vivienne Westwood
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Even though it was the 70s, we found old stocks of clothes that had never been worn from the 50s and took them apart. I started to teach myself how to make clothes from that kind of formula.
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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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The orb came about because I wanted to do this kitsch sweater for Prince Charles when he went hunting and fishing with his kilt on.
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I do have reasons for what I do. I am a very political person, and I really think if you put these clothes on, you will look like a force to be reckoned with.
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I wish you didn't have to design so often. Try to do quality and cut down on quantity. I think fashion is very, very important.
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Sometimes you need to transport your idea to an empty landscape and then populate it with fantastic looking people.
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I was a punk before it got its name. I had that hairstyle and purple lipstick.
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In history people dressed much better than we do today.
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I've got a real sense of three-dimensional geometry. I can look at a flat piece of fabric and know that if I put a slit in it and make some fabric travel around a square, then when you lift it up it will drape in a certain way, and I can feel how that will happen.
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The only reason I'm in fashion is to destroy the word conformity.
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What changed our lives forever was when Malcolm had the idea to sell rock 'n roll records to trendy customers.
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My clothes have always got a very strong dynamic rapport with the body - they are very body conscious, they help you to look glamorous, more hourglass, more woman.
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I do not approve of museums trying just to get people to come in. Whistler was very, very clear on this.
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I have considered voting Conservative because I am so against the Labour party.
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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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Buy less, choose well: that's the maxim. Quality not quantity. That's the most environmentally friendly thing you can do.
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I like the Chinese proverb: If a horse is yours, it will always come back!
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Prince Charles is definitely my hero he uses his position to do only good in this world.
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I try to concentrate on quality clothing and accessories that are worth having, and to get my people to take fewer trips by air and stay longer each time they travel. It’s more human, especially if they take time to visit an art gallery while there.
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Every time I hear that word, I cringe. Fun! I think it's disgusting it's just running around. It's not my idea of pleasure.
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