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The whole basis of my work is analysing what I do and building some sort of intellectual framework. The only possible effect one can have on the world is through unpopular ideas. They are the only subversion.
Vivienne Westwood
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Vivienne Westwood
Age: 83
Born: 1941
Born: April 8
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Derbyshire
Vivienne Isabel Swire
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