British fashion designer Vivienne Westwood, known as the " punk godmother", passed away peacefully at home on the 29th, shocking the fashion circle, counting her 81 years of life, from the "Punk culture" (Punk) to the catwalk , to let the runway become a voice channel for environmental issues such as politics and global warming, and let rebellion and breaking the rules become her signature mark.
Vivienne Westwood was born in Cheshire, England on April 8, 1941. At the age of 17, her family moved to London, allowing her to enter Harrow School of Art (Harrow) to study jewelry design and production. Although she did not graduate, she also started her interest in fashion On the road of interest, she then went on to study teaching and entered an elementary school as a teacher. However, she did not stop her design path and continued to design jewelry for sale at street vendors.
In 1962, Vivienne Westwood married her first husband Derek Westwood, and Westwood was the surname of the crown husband. At that time, she married in a wedding dress designed by herself, showing her design talent, and gave birth to her eldest son in 1963. After that, Vivienne Westwood met Malcolm McLaren. In order to pursue love, he filed for divorce under the conservative folk customs at the time, and chose to stay with Malcolm McLaren, which was criticized.
2 also opened a shop in 1971, selling the clothing and accessories designed by Vivienne Westwood in the store. In addition, Malcolm McLaren later became the manager of the legendary punk band "Sex Pistols", and the clothing designed by Vivienne Westwood naturally became their The performance clothes on the stage officially started her unconventional punk fashion road.
Vivienne Westwood officially released her first fashion series "Pirate Series" in 1981, incorporating elements of punk culture such as straps and sexual abuse into the pirate boots of this series, which became the classic design of the brand. Then she and Malcolm McLaren parted ways and developed independently , but the combination of straps, pin buckles, blades in the punk culture, British-style plaid cloth, Union Jack printed cloth, etc., coupled with functional design, makes it a representative of punk fashion.
In 1985, when she was looking for design inspiration for the new series, she saw photos of the universe and stars in the astronomy books her mother gave her, so she added Saturn to the crown and jewels, which gave birth to the brand's signature logo. In addition, she was also keen on Yu uses sustainable development materials to design clothes, it is not difficult to see why she later turned the runway into a channel for her appeal for environmental issues such as global warming.
Vivienne Westwood’s design style has gone through neo-romantic and pagan styles since 1981. In 1992, Vivienne Westwood met her current husband Andreas Kronthaler and took charge of brand design simultaneously. Now, Vivienne Westwood passed away, announcing her deviant 81-year life, But the spirit of punk fashion culture it set off will last forever.
