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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

“Everyone has a masculine and feminine side; masculine qualities and feminine qualities. We've all got these sides to ourselves. And clothes can tell that story. People would think this is very unsympathetic, but I would always say to people, you don't actually need to go through with an operation, can't you just be? You are who you are! But then people say to me, "Oh, you're really dreadful, how would you know?".”

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“And it's absolutely great, when everything comes together with the hair, the dresses and the makeup and the models and the music and the presentation. I can't get over these girls. They look wonderful. But by the time we finish with them, they look like they came from another planet. And I just think it's great.”

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“If you ask me what I think people should be getting next season, I’ll tell you what I’d like them to buy—nothing. I’d like people to stop buying and buying and buying.”

People Ifs Thinking Should Next Asks Seasons Ask Me Buying

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“I can't think without my glasses.”

Thinking I Can Glasses

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“I'm a fashion designer and people think, what do I know?”

People Thinking Knows Fashion Designer Fashion Designer

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“I think it's important to vote.”

Thinking Important Vote

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“Fashion has become so whatever. I don't think there are any stones left to unturn.”

Thinking Left Fashion Stones

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“I don't think punk fashion is a specter or overemphasized - it made a big impression, as there had never been anything like it before.”

Thinking Made Bigs Fashion Impression Punk

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“I just think people should invest in the world. Don't invest in fashion, but invest in the world.”

People Thinking World Should Fashion

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“I think feminists are unaware of the tremendous extent of the role of women in history.”

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“I wish you didn't have to design so often. Try to do quality and cut down on quantity. I think fashion is very, very important.”

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“We are so conformist; nobody is thinking. We are all sucking up stuff; we have been trained to be consumers, and we are all consuming far too much.”

Thinking Has Beens Stuff Too Much Consumers Consuming Conformist

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“I have a company, and I've got to think about that. I'm trying to do my best there, and that's a much harder task. We recycle as much as possible, and we conserve. But I've always been one to save everything - I even walk up stairs on the very inside or the very outside to not wear out the tread.”

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“I really don't like women who try to be men. All these politicians, I think they're horrendous. We could have a brilliant future, but we have this terrible male vision of destroying everything. They'd better sort themselves out and become more womanly.”

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“I talk to fashion designers and say I want some money to save the rainforest, and they say, 'Oh, I agree with you completely Vivienne. Yes, climate change, it's definitely happening,' but they don't feel that they can do anything about it; they don't even think 'Well let's stop it!'”

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“I think dress, hairstyle and make-up are the crucial factors in projecting an attractive persona and give one the chance to enhance one's best physical features.”

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“I think that feminists have definitely underestimated the role that women have had historically. I think I would be insecure if I were to be a man; there's so much pressure on you.”

Ifs Thinking Men Would Be Roles Pressure Feminist Insecure Be A Man Underestimated

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“I'm not sure what I think about current fashion, though. A few years ago, I would have said it's really, really bad and you hardly ever see anybody looking good. There must be some very good designers in the world.”

Thinking World Years Said Fashion Years Ago Very Good Currents Not Sure Designer Looking Good

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“I've always felt heroic about my life... As a child, I remember little girls in the playground moaning about how boys could do more than they could. I didn't think that was the case at all. My parents didn't treat me as a girl.”

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“The best night of my life was watching the Japanese Noh theater. I've only seen it once, but even saying it now, I think, 'How can I ever have this experience again?' It was so mesmerizing, so complicated and so primordial; I could not believe it.”

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

People Thinking Fashion Lovely Generous Things To Do

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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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“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.”

People Ifs Thinking Ideas Wanted Chance Decided

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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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“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 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 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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