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When we started to do punk, we put all of these things together to create the look of an urban guerrilla - a rebel.

Vivienne Westwood

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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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