Vivienne Westwood Quotes
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I’m not terribly interested in beauty. What touches me is someone who understands herself.
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Personally I'm not a feminist, as I can't stand puritans.
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There's always a polemic in my clothes.
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If you saw Queen Elizabeth it would be amazing, she came from another planet. She was so attractive in what she was wearing.
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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.
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I was born during the war and grew up in a time of rationing. We didn't have anything. It's influenced the way I look at the world.
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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.
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Feminists wish women to seem like men. They're not men.
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The arts have only ever interested a small minority of people, which acted as a kind of nursery to support artists.
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However, because Britain is young and exciting, I did show my second line here once or twice.
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I talk to fashion designers and say I want some money to save the rainforest, and they say, 'Oh, I agree with you completely Vivienne. Yes, climate change, it's definitely happening,' but they don't feel that they can do anything about it; they don't even think 'Well let's stop it!'
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I always tried to do things by example, even though I was not a very good mother regarding routines and family life.
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I think it's important to vote.
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The migrants are not a temporary crisis. The crisis is mounting.
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I design things to help people to hopefully express their personality.
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Why do people think that if you don't dress up, others will appreciate your beauty more - that style will somehow emanate from you? It's rubbish. If you dress up it helps your personality to emerge - if you choose well
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Our economic system, run for profit and waste and based primarily on the extractive industries, is the cause of climate change. We have wasted the earth's treasure and we can no longer exploit it cheaply.
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I think that feminists have definitely underestimated the role that women have had historically. I think I would be insecure if I were to be a man; there's so much pressure on you.
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Journalists are usually quite jealous people, especially of intellectuals who are supposed to be in fashion.
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I am always trying to find fabrics that are more friendly to the environment - working with Virgin Atlantic, they managed to research into this and find more eco fabrics.
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I've always felt heroic about my life... As a child, I remember little girls in the playground moaning about how boys could do more than they could. I didn't think that was the case at all. My parents didn't treat me as a girl.
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You have a more interesting life if you wear impressive clothes.
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I remember reading a book set in the future, it was written in the 1870s projecting to 1920, and this time traveler said you couldn't tell the difference between men and women. He saw what was coming.
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What changed our lives forever was when Malcolm had the idea to sell rock 'n roll records to trendy customers.