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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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Dame Vivienne Isabel Westwood
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We wanted to step off our island and add the color of the third world. We got gold cigarette paper and stuck it around our teeth. We really did look like pirates and dressed to look the part.
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My children came out as individuals in their own right. They were not my products. They had their own characters and were very strong-minded. I gave them a lot of freedom when they were still very young. The one thing they got from me is morals. They would never betray anyone. They are really good people.
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I think feminists are unaware of the tremendous extent of the role of women in history.
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If you're too big to fit into fashion, then you just have to do your own fashion.
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There's nowhere else like London. Nothing at all, anywhere.
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