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“Without Vivienne no Rei, John, Lee, and a hundred others. She changed my life when we first met in 1976. Forever. You were the Business expense signature shirt Besides,I will do this Queen. Thank you for all you gave us.” “Seems like two lifetimes ago at 16 years old that I took my cigarette breaks from the hairdressing salon next to Vivienne’s shop. I felt like Charlie staring through the gates of Willy Wonka’s chocolate factory. I never knew Vivienne, I never met her once, and yet she seems to have been on my mind since I was a kid. Farewell, Vivienne Westwood—it’s been really fun.” “We are devastated to hear of the death of British designer and activist Vivienne Westwood who has died aged 81. Through her creativity and innovation, she has led the way, inspiring others to be themselves. A fashion revolutionary, her work not only changed the fashion industry—giving birth to and defining punk—but it also drove positive change globally. Her legacy will define generations to come. Our thoughts are with her family and friends.” “When I was 20, Vivienne’s runway show with pieces of Sex, Seditionaries, and World’s End was held. I was a student at Bunka Fashion Collage then, and Hiroshi Fujiwara let me join that show as a model. At the end of the show, when Vivienne was about to greet everyone, she took my hand and started walking together to the end of the runway.I was astonished at that moment, but I felt great joy that the mother of punk took my hand. She made a movement called “punk”—connecting rebel music and fashion with Malcolm McLaren—and significantly influenced me. I hope to pass Vivienne’s punk spirit to the next generation in my way, even a little. Rest in peace.”



“I wonder if Vivienne Westwood rode the Business expense signature shirt Besides,I will do this bike this week. I remember sewing a Lycra swimsuit on a straight stitch domestic machine for Vivienne in Paris on one of my first visits there for fashion week in 1982. I also used to buy tons of it as a teen, from the Pirate to Technological Savage to Witches, through to Buffalo Gals collections, and when Azzedine was supporting her work with shows at his atelier in Paris—endless memories of awareness, investigation, and anticipation for how she’d next evolve the template. I was even in the Buffalo Gals video as Malcolm McLaren scooped us up for it at the time. It’s great when you think of how much hedonism informed her rebellions. So much to unpack and review with her legacy. Vivienne is huge and always will be. This adorable pic of her with sons Joe and Ben reminds me of knowing them so innocently while being obsessed with Vivienne’s work as a teenager and throughout… I think I first heard of the term salon in artistic terms while listening to Viv—so much curiosity and questioning within her experimentation. Thank god for Vivienne Westwood. Condolences to all your loved ones. Hope they keep your character central to what’s to come! I know this has to happen, but really wish it wasn’t Vivienne. This one caught us by surprise. Now truth, honesty, and questioning are more valuable than ever seeing that we’ve lost a heroine of its order.”


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