Vivienne Westwood
Victoria Beckham
April 30, 2020
Burberry
April 30, 2020
Vivienne Westwood was born in 1941 in Cheshire, England, to working class parents. She studied art but quit soon after, saying later, "I didn't know how a working-class girl like me could possibly make a living in the art world". She became a primary school teacher instead while making jewelry on the side.
When she met Malcolm McLaren (future manager of iconic punk bands New York Dolls and Sex Pistols), they fell in love, moved into a council flat and started designing clothes together.
As they both became an integral part of the growing punk music scene, their designs garnered more attention. In 1981, Westwood launched her eponymous collection and has since continued to shock and amuse the fashion world with her hard-core Anglomania. She is known to be outspoken regarding many political and environmental causes.
