"Eccentricity is such a badge of honor to be given in these conformist times" ...Westwood's maxim, 1941.
Vivienne Westwood, (born in 1941) the original and outrageous, British designer is one of the most recognized and influential designers of the late twentieth century, largely responsible for bringing modern Punk and new wave fashion into the mainstream.
By her mid twenties, Vivienne Westwood’s life seemed to be passing in a distinctly unremarkable way. At 25, she was married to an air steward; she lived in Willesden, went to church and taught in a local primary school. Then something remarkable happened, she met Malcolm McLaren, future manager of the Sex Pistols, and he led her into the underground of the late 1960’s street. He lectured her on the political power of art and liberated her creative desires from their bondage in working class conformity and Westwood became a subversive seamstress of pop.
Westwood came to public notice when she made clothes for Malcolm McLaren's boutique in the King's Road, which became famous as 'SEX'.
Westwood was deeply interested in the punk fashion phenomenon of the 1970s, saying "I was messianic about punk, seeing if one could put a spoke in the system in some way". It was their ability to synthesize clothing and music that shaped the 70s punk scene, dominated by McLaren's band, the Sex Pistols.
Elected three times like the British Fashion Designer of the Year in 1990-1991 and 2006, this vanguard designer, is the reference point to follow for mostly designer that found her collections, the best subject of inspiration to develop its commercial collections.
The 2013 Fashion Revolution has already begun with the autumn / winter 2013-2014, men collection, presented in Milan, by Vivienne Westwood. This show is totally irreverent and could be defined as extremely “subversive", Eccentric, but extremely chic too.
The British designer takes on the catwalk models that are like returning from an insurrection, a not- violent, but beautiful insurrection, full of creativity, where Westwood faithful to her eclectic style, where it is mixing clothing, slightly mocking, from people of the British good society, are set it to living together with the street wear and instead of yell, her clothes did it, and graphically shouted slogans.
Enjoy the collection...
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