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Buy less, choose well, make it last. Quality rather than quantity: That is true sustainability. If people only bought beautiful things rather than rubbish, we wouldn't have climate change!

Vivienne Westwood

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