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I don't care if you get up in the morning and don't wash, don't put any make-up on, don't do your hair, even, but you have to have clothes if you want to look different.

Vivienne Westwood

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Vivienne Westwood
Age: 83
Born: 1941
Born: April 8
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Fashion Designer
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Derbyshire
Vivienne Isabel Swire
Dame Vivienne Westwood
Dame Vivienne Isabel Westwood
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Feminists wish women to seem like men. They're not men.
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It is all about technique. The great mistake of this century is to put inspiration and creativity first.
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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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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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Intelligence is composed mostly of imagination, insight, things that have nothing to do with reason.
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The muscular, athletic type is not representative of the human race, who are varied in their physique.
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