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Vivienne Westwood

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Vivienne Westwood
Age: 83
Born: 1941
Born: April 8
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Derbyshire
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My clothes have always got a very strong dynamic rapport with the body - they are very body conscious, they help you to look glamorous, more hourglass, more woman.
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I used to always fight for human rights. I still fight for Leonard Peltier, who's spent 35 years in jail for a crime he didn't commit.
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I think some people would love to be able to make the clothes I make - and of course, I do influence them, but they keep simplifying, and minimalism doesn't quite work
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I've got a terrible memory it's probably because I'm always concentrating on what I'm doing now.
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The young Japanese, especially, love to wear the latest thing and when they come to London they head for my shops as part of what they want to find in Britain.
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The young need discipline and a full bookcase.
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Save the rainforest for your loved ones
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The main message we want to get out there is that climate change is caused by the rotten economic system.
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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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My biggest criticism is how can people be so easily satisfied? Even people with talent.
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I do have reasons for what I do. I am a very political person, and I really think if you put these clothes on, you will look like a force to be reckoned with.
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Home, more than anything, means warmth and bed.
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My fashion advice is to have a flattering mirror and then forget about it.
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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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Fasion is about eventually becoming naked.
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Instead of buying six things, buy one thing that you really like. Don't keep buying just for the sake of it.
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The thing that makes my clothes really different is that, number one, they are really great designs they're not tacky they are very professional the design is made from lots of decisions.
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Wear a towel instead of a coat, it’s very chic. Or your husband’s boxer shorts with a belt, or something from your grandmother. It’s all about do-it-yourself at the moment.
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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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I think that feminists have definitely underestimated the role that women have had historically. I think I would be insecure if I were to be a man there's so much pressure on you.
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