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Vivienne Westwood is a celebrated British fashion designer whose avant-garde style and punk-inspired designs have made her a pivotal figure in the fashion industry for over five decades. Born on April 8, 1941, she has been recognized for her unique and innovative designs that have left a lasting impact on the industry.

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Famous Vivienne Westwood Quotes

“The young need discipline and a full bookcase.”

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“Intelligence is composed mostly of imagination, insight, things that have nothing to do with reason.”

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“I’m not terribly interested in beauty. What touches me is someone who understands herself.”

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“A status symbol is a book. A very easy book to read is The Catcher in the Rye. Walk around with that under your arm, kids. That is status.”

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“I never look at fashion magazines. I find them incredibly boring. To me, reading a fashion magazine is the last thing I need to do. I've got books I need to read. More people should read books. It's the most concentrated experience you can have. You know, all those incredible geniuses concentrated their lifetimes' experiences in books. It's much better than chattering away to somebody who's never read anything and knows nothing at all.”

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“The sexiest people are thinkers.”

People Fashion Thinker Sexiest

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“Fasion is about eventually becoming naked.”

Fashion Becoming Naked

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“It is all about technique. The great mistake of this century is to put inspiration and creativity first.”

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“Shoes must have very high heels and platforms to put women's beauty on a pedestal.”

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“Sometimes you need to transport your idea to an empty landscape and then populate it with fantastic looking people.”

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“Art should never be sociological; it has got to be timeless. It's got to be your vision and how you can represent the world you see.”

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“Fashion is life-enhancing and I think it's a lovely, generous thing to do for other people.”

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“I like to literally put women on a pedestal”

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“Why do people think that if you don't dress up, others will appreciate your beauty more - that style will somehow emanate from you? It's rubbish. If you dress up it helps your personality to emerge - if you choose well”

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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”

People Thinking Able Artist Courses Influence Clothes Minimalism

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“I'm not trying to do something different, I'm trying to do the same thing but in a different way”

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“The fight is no longer between the classes or between rich and poor but between the idiots and the eco-conscious.”

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“I may be a rebel, but I am not an outsider.”

May Rebel Outsiders

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“There’s this idea that somehow you’ve got to keep changing things, and as often as possible. Maybe if people just decided not to buy anything for a while, they’d get a chance to think about what they wanted; what they really liked.”

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“Buy less. Choose well. Make it last. Quality, not quantity. Everybody’s buying far too many clothesI mean, I know I’m lucky, I can just take things and borrow them and I’m just okay, but I hate having too many clothes. And I think that poor people should be even more careful. It doesn't mean therefore you have to just buy anything cheap. 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 best fashion accessory is a book.”

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“I try to concentrate on quality clothing and accessories that are worth having, and to get my people to take fewer trips by air and stay longer each time they travel. It’s more human, especially if they take time to visit an art gallery while there.”

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“There is a real connection between culture and climate change. We all have a part to play and if you engage with life, you will get a new set of values, get off the consumer treadmill, and start to think, and it is these great thinkers who will rescue the planet.”

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“I have always loved the Mao cap, though I hate violent revolution.”

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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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“How impossible it is for us to imagine ourselves victims of disaster. We suffer for the poor people who were thrown into the sea from their cruise ship off the coast of Tuscany, some losing their lives. Imagine a world of accelerating natural disasters, one after the other so that nobody can help anyone else.”

Source: Get a Life: The Diaries of Vivienne Westwood

“My fashion advice is to have a flattering mirror and then forget about it.”

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“My clothes have a story. They have an identity. They have a character and a purpose. That's why they become classics. Because they keep on telling a story. They are still telling it.”

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“The most erotic zone is the imagination.”

Imagination Zone Erotic

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“If you dress up, it helps your personality to emerge - if you choose well.”

Ifs Wells Helping Personality Dresses You Choose

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“It's better to look important than sexy.”

Looks Important Sexy

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“I think it is terribly important to have opinions, and to think. We live in a world of action without thought.”

Thinking World Important Action Opinion

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“I didn't know how a working-class girl like me could possibly make a living in the art world”

Knows World Art Girl Class Know How Like Me Working Class Art World

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“When I'm in the street, the only people I notice are usually at least 70 years old, because they look really stylish.”

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“The only reason I'm in fashion is to destroy the word conformity.”

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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!”

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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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“I do think if you aim for quality, it's not so much about consumerism. The idea is 'Buy less, choose well, make it last.'”

Ifs Thinking Wells Ideas Lasts Quality Aim Consumerism

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“Every time I hear that word, I cringe. Fun! I think it's disgusting; it's just running around. It's not my idea of pleasure.”

Thinking Ideas Running Fun Pleasure Disgusting Cringe

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About the Author

Born: April 8, 1941
Known for: Fashion designer
Quotes: 189

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