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I design things to help people to hopefully express their personality.

Vivienne Westwood

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Vivienne Westwood
Age: 83
Born: 1941
Born: April 8
Businessperson
Designer
Fashion Designer
University Teacher
Tintwistle
Derbyshire
Vivienne Isabel Swire
Dame Vivienne Westwood
Dame Vivienne Isabel Westwood
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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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Journalists are usually quite jealous people, especially of intellectuals who are supposed to be in fashion.
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It's better to look important than sexy.
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Britishness is just a way of putting things together and a certain don't care attitude about clothes. You don't care, you just do it and it looks great.
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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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If we didn't have the Chinese buying things, we'd be on the floor.
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Every time I have to look up a word in the dictionary, I'm delighted.
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Our economic system, run for profit and waste and based primarily on the extractive industries, is the cause of climate change. We have wasted the earth's treasure and we can no longer exploit it cheaply.
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I have too much product, and I'm trying to rein it in and sell more of my main collection. I wish you didn't have to design so often it would be good if you could keep on selling the same things for a few years and not have to do new things all the time.
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When I was a little girl you used to learn to sew all the holes in things, darning socks, but nobody mends things anymore.
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Save the rainforest for your loved ones
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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 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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Sometimes you need to transport your idea to an empty landscape and then populate it with fantastic looking people.
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My aim is to make the poor look rich and the rich look poor.
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Art should never be sociological it has got to be timeless. It's got to be your vision and how you can represent the world you see.
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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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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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I was the first person to have a punk rock hairstyle.
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It is not possible for a man to be elegant without a touch of femininity.
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