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British fashion designer Dame Vivienne Westwood, who was a key part of bringing punk fashion into the mainstream, has died at 81. No cause was given, but a tweet from her fashion house said she passed “peacefully and surrounded” by her family in Clapham, South London.
Westwood was a sometimes-controversial punk and new wave designer in the 1970s and went on to dress some of the biggest names in fashion. Her androgynous designs, slogan t-shirts and irreverent attitude towards the establishment were her trademark, as was her activism on bringing causes like climate change to the catwalk.
The designer was made a Dame for services to fashion in 2006.
Westwood worked as a primary school teacher before opening the Let It Rock clothing shop on King’s Road in Chelsea with her then partner Malcolm McLaren .
The business was later renamed Sex and in late 1975, when McLaren began managing a punk rock band made shop regulars – the Sex Pistols. They wore Westwood and McLaren’s designs.
She later worked as a costume designer for various TV and film projects. She was also the subject of her own documentary, Westwood.
“The only reason I am in fashion is to destroy the word ‘conformity’,” Westwood said in her 2014 biography. “Nothing is interesting to me unless it’s got that element.”
She is survived by her husband and creative partner, Andreas Kronthaler.
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The queen of punk! Vivienne Westwood’s iconic designs were frequently featured on dozens of stars, including Kim Kardashian, Gwen Stefani, Gigi Hadid and more.
on Thursday, December 29 at the age of 81. Westwood passed away peacefully surrounded by family in Clapham, London. “Vivienne continued to do the things she loved up until her last moment, designing, working on her art, writing her book, and changing the world for the better,” a representative said in a statement.
Watch Below: Vivienne Westwood S/S 2016“I will continue with Vivienne in my heart," explained Andreas Kronthaler, her husband and creative partner. “We have been working until the end and she has given me plenty of things to get on with.“Thank you darling.”Representatives revealed in a statement that she died peacefully surrounded by her family in Clapham, South London on December 29th 2022. Vivienne Westwood was a revolutionary fashion designer and activist who was largely responsible for bringing modern punk and new-wave fashions into the mainstream. She was inspired by the shock value of punk and rose to prominence in the 1970s. In recent years, the designer's advocacy for climate change strongly influenced her designs, with Vivienne introducing a new era for the genre she was so famous for steering: the eco-punk. “Vivienne continued to do the things she loved, up until the last moment, designing, working on her art, writing her book, and changing the world for the better," a statement by her clothing brand read.“She led an amazing life.
Vivienne Westwood — the fashion designer known as the “high priestess of punk” — has passed away at the age of 81.