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In the 18th century, if women wanted to travel and they dressed as a man, people would not look twice. Your clothes said everything. Also there were masters and servants swapping clothes. You could be anything, your clothes told everything!

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