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There’s this idea that somehow you’ve got to keep changing things, and as often as possible. Maybe if people just decided not to buy anything for a while, they’d get a chance to think about what they wanted what they really liked.

Vivienne Westwood

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Vivienne Westwood
Age: 83
Born: 1941
Born: April 8
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