Vivienne Westwood quotes

Vivienne Westwood was a renowned British fashion designer and businesswoman, credited with bringing modern punk and new wave fashions into the mainstream. Her provocative style and groundbreaking designs challenged conventions in the fashion world. She became an icon of rebellion and creativity, influencing generations of designers and artists. Here are 183 of her quotes:

The muscular, athletic type is not representative of the human race, who are varied in their physique. (Vivienne Westwood)
Fashion is very important. It is life-enhancing and, like everything that gives pleasure, it is worth doing well. View quote
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Feminists wish women to seem like men. They're not men. View quote
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The sexiest people are thinkers. Nobody's interested in somebody who's just vain with a hole in their head, talking about the latest thing – there is no latest thing. It's all rubbish. View quote
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I am attracted to people who make this effort in knowing what suits them - they are individual and stylish. View quote
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Fashion is here to help make people look very important. If they have good taste and choose what suits them, I give them options on how they can do that. It's always sexy, and it's always with the same result: making women look fantastic. View quote
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I was the first person to have a punk rock hairstyle. View quote
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I disagree with everything I used to say. View quote
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You have a more interesting life if you wear impressive clothes. View quote
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It is not possible for a man to be elegant without a touch of femininity. View quote
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My aim is to make the poor look rich and the rich look poor. (Vivienne Westwood)
My biggest criticism is how can people be so easily satisfied? Even people with talent. View quote
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If you're too big to fit into fashion, then you just have to do your own fashion. View quote
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If you wear clothes that don't suit you, you're a fashion victim. You have to wear clothes that make you look better. View quote
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I don't have faith in young people any more. I don't waste time trying to communicate with them. View quote
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All that self-expression has just created a generation of morons, hooked on an endless appetite for rubbish. View quote
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There's nowhere else like London. Nothing at all, anywhere. View quote
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I didn't consider myself a fashion designer at all at the time of punk. I was just using fashion as a way to express my resistance and to be rebellious. I came from the country, and by the time I got to London, I considered myself to be very stupid. It was my ambition to understand the world I live in. View quote
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I think feminists are unaware of the tremendous extent of the role of women in history. View quote
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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. View quote
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People have never looked so ugly as they do today. We just consume far too much. (Vivienne Westwood)
My children came out as individuals in their own right. They were not my products. They had their own characters and were very strong-minded. I gave them a lot of freedom when they were still very young. The one thing they got from me is morals. They would never betray anyone. They are really good people. View quote
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The last people with any ideas are young people. View quote
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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. View quote
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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. View quote
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Vivienne Westwood - Image
Photo: Manfred Werner - Tsui, CC BY-SA 3.0
Occupation: British Designer
Born: April 8, 1941
Died: December 29, 2022
Quotes count: 183
Wikipedia: Vivienne Westwood

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