Vivienne Westwood Quotes

Feminists wish women to seem like men. They're not men... view

By: Vivienne Westwood

My son has followed fashion since he was a punk. He and I agree that fashion is about sex... view

By: Vivienne Westwood

I don't have space to enter into the examples or the history of this, so I'm left with having to make the bold statement that culture is extinct... view

By: Vivienne Westwood

I didn't do anything at the Queen, whom I admire... view

By: Vivienne Westwood

I am attracted to people who make this effort in knowing what suits them - they are individual and stylish... view

By: Vivienne Westwood

However, because Britain is young and exciting, I did show my second line here once or twice... view

By: Vivienne Westwood

I think dress, hairstyle and make-up are the crucial factors in projecting an attractive persona and give one the chance to enhance one's best physical features... view

By: Vivienne Westwood

I was still interested in the youth rebellion but never-the-less I stopped being a victim. Stopped trying to attack the establishment realizing that it takes too much of your energy... view

By: Vivienne Westwood

I was the first person to have a punk rock hairstyle... view

By: Vivienne Westwood

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

By: Vivienne Westwood

It is not possible for a man to be elegant without a touch of femininity... view

By: Vivienne Westwood

My clothes are very popular in Japan... view

By: Vivienne Westwood

The arts have only ever interested a small minority of people, which acted as a kind of nursery to support artists... view

By: Vivienne Westwood

The muscular, athletic type is not representative of the human race, who are varied in their physique... view

By: Vivienne Westwood

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

By: Vivienne Westwood

We based the look on rock 'n roll right from the beginning... view

By: Vivienne Westwood

We moved into the back, made it into a little 50s sitting room and started to sell the records. We had an immediate success. For one thing, these Teddy Boys were thrilled to buy the records... view

By: Vivienne Westwood

What changed our lives forever was when Malcolm had the idea to sell rock 'n roll records to trendy customers... view

By: Vivienne Westwood

Fashion is very important. It is life-enhancing and, like everything that gives pleasure, it is worth doing well... view

By: Vivienne Westwood

Even though it was the 70s, we found old stocks of clothes that had never been worn from the 50s and took them apart. I started to teach myself how to make clothes from that kind of formula... view

By: Vivienne Westwood

But, the thing is, since I always had my own little shop and direct access to the public, I've been able to build up a technique without marketing people ever telling me what the public wants... view

By: Vivienne Westwood

But, having a perfume and license, in general, is a financial necessity. A designer must, to reap back the money spent on prototypes and all that sort of thing... view

By: Vivienne Westwood

I think feminists are unaware of the tremendous extent of the role of women in history... view

By: Vivienne Westwood

I think it's important to vote... view

By: Vivienne Westwood

We wanted to step off our island and add the color of the third world. We got gold cigarette paper and stuck it around our teeth. We really did look like pirates and dressed to look the part... view

By: Vivienne Westwood

I think some people would love to be able to make the clothes I make - and of course, I do influence them, but they keep simplifying, and minimalism doesn't quite work... view

By: Vivienne Westwood