Vivienne Westwood Quotes

I didn't want to be a fashion designer, and for a good half of my career I didn't like it. I always wanted to do other things.

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• I didn't want to be a fashion designer, and for a good half of my career I didn't like it. I always wanted to do other things.

  

  Vivienne Westwood
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