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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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I'm frugal. I'm not a very acquisitive woman. I never waste food. If you prepare your own food, you engage with the world, it tastes alive. It tastes good.
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The fight is no longer between the classes or between rich and poor but between the idiots and the eco-conscious.
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If you see everything from the point of view of women being victims in some way, you don't see the wood for the trees. It is better to be a person than a woman.
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My clothes have a story. They have an identity. They have a character and a purpose. That's why they become classics. Because they keep on telling a story. They are still telling it.
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It's a philosophy of life. A practice. If you do this, something will change, what will change is that you will change, your life will change, and if you can change you, you can perhaps change the world.
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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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Fashion is very important. It is life-enhancing and, like everything that gives pleasure, it is worth doing well.
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In the morning, I practice 15 minutes of yoga.
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I don't feel comfortable defending my clothes. But if you've got the money to afford them, then buy something from me. Just don't buy too much.
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I didn't do anything at the Queen, whom I admire.
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I haven't told anyone this before, but when I was a teenager... I actually thought I was turning into a boy, and I didn't really care. It didn't bother me at all.
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My son has followed fashion since he was a punk. He and I agree that fashion is about sex.
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It is not possible for a man to be elegant without a touch of femininity.
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I didn't want to be a fashion designer, and for a good half of my career I didn't like it. I always wanted to do other things.
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When I'm in the street, the only people I notice are usually at least 70 years old, because they look really stylish.
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I design things to help people to hopefully express their personality.
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If you hear Anarchy in the UK today your hair stands on end. It gives you the shivers.
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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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The whole basis of my work is analysing what I do and building some sort of intellectual framework. The only possible effect one can have on the world is through unpopular ideas. They are the only subversion.
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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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