Little Book of Vivienne Westwood
The Story of the Iconic Fashion House
Welbeck Publishing Group Limited · Print & ebook · November 9, 2023
Designer, punk, rebel, dame...
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- Who it’s for
- A compact look at how Vivienne Westwood made rebellion part of fashion’s vocabulary.
- Genres
- Fashion Biographies, Designer Profiles, Women's Lives
- Published
- Welbeck Publishing Group Limited, November 9, 2023
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Designer, punk, rebel, dame... Vivienne Westwood was all this and more. One of the main architects of the 1970s punk era, the inimitable Westwood refused to take fashion too seriously, finding unique and arresting ways to subvert tradition and challenge the status quo. But her impact on the industry was more than ripped T-shirts.
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A master of tailoring and mistress of corsetry, she deconstructed street fashion and parodied English looks with tight waists, bustles and a zany take on tartan and Harris Tweed. Clients include Dita Von Teese, FKA Twigs and Doja Cat, her signature designs have featured in Japanese manga, Nana, and having captivated the TikTok generation, her vintage pieces still go viral today. Punk in both fashion and politics to the very end, Vivienne Westwood will remain an icon of fashion and feminism for generations to come.
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A compact look at how Vivienne Westwood made rebellion part of fashion’s vocabulary.
Come here for
- Punk’s collision with corsetry, tailoring, and tartan
- Fashion that treats tradition as something to take apart
Expect
- A designer’s influence traced from punk’s 1970s roots to viral vintage
- Fashion and feminism, with a distinctly irreverent edge
Where it sits
| Fashion Biographies | 67% |
|---|---|
| Designer Profiles | 52% |
| Women's Lives | 42% |
Percentages are BookFrontier’s reading of the book.
Publisher categories
- Fashion Biographies
- Fashion & Accessories
- Textile & Costume Design
- Designer Profiles
- Authors
- Glenys Johnson
- Publisher
- Welbeck Publishing Group Limited
- Published
- November 9, 2023
- Format
- Print & ebook
- Reading lane
- Fashion Biographies