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Shoes must have very high heels and platforms to put women's beauty on a pedestal.

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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Women
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Pedestal
Platforms
Heels
Shoes
Beauty

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Feminists wish women to seem like men. They're not men.
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I always tried to do things by example, even though I was not a very good mother regarding routines and family life.
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I have considered voting Conservative because I am so against the Labour party.
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