Vivienne Westwood Quotes (37 Quotes)


    Nazism is politically embedded in our history and it is still there, spreading like an oil stain in a society that worships business.


    Fashion is very important. It is life-enhancing and, like everything that gives pleasure, it is worth doing well.

    I don't have space to enter into the examples or the history of this, so I'm left with having to make the bold statement that culture is extinct.



    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.

    But, having a perfume and license, in general, is a financial necessity. A designer must, to reap back the money spent on prototypes and all that sort of thing.

    I was still interested in the youth rebellion but never-the-less I stopped being a victim. Stopped trying to attack the establishment realizing that it takes too much of your energy.

    My son has followed fashion since he was a punk. He and I agree that fashion is about sex.

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


    However, because Britain is young and exciting, I did show my second line here once or twice.

    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.


    Even though it was the 70s, we found old stocks of clothes that had never been worn from the 50s and took them apart. I started to teach myself how to make clothes from that kind of formula.

    The orb came about because I wanted to do this kitsch sweater for Prince Charles when he went hunting and fishing with his kilt on.

    If Mrs Merkel wants to wear Westwood, I can promise that I will design clothes for her that will make her look chic, refined and influential.

    It is extremely difficult to say how long the process actually took to finally achieve my fragrance, Boudoir, because there was a lot of time waiting around for other people.


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

    The young Japanese, especially, love to wear the latest thing and when they come to London they head for my shops as part of what they want to find in Britain.

    What changed our lives forever was when Malcolm had the idea to sell rock 'n roll records to trendy customers.

    I am attracted to people who make this effort in knowing what suits them - they are individual and stylish.


    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.

    But, the thing is, since I always had my own little shop and direct access to the public, I've been able to build up a technique without marketing people ever telling me what the public wants.

    When I was a schoolgirl my history teacher, Mr Scott, began to take classes in civic affairs. The first thing he explained to us was the fundamental rule of law embodied in Habeas Corpus,

    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.

    We were looking for a market stall to sell these records, but couldn't find one. There was a little shop, however, on Kings Road that was going bust.

    I'd done a fragrance before, but in a small way, and now I wanted to wait for the right time to make an important fragrance statement.

    The arts have only ever interested a small minority of people, which acted as a kind of nursery to support artists.



    It is not possible for a man to be elegant without a touch of femininity.

    We moved into the back, made it into a little 50s sitting room and started to sell the records. We had an immediate success. For one thing, these Teddy Boys were thrilled to buy the records.

    The muscular, athletic type is not representative of the human race, who are varied in their physique.



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