Vivienne Westwood Quotes
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The only possible effect one can have on the world is through unpopular ideas.
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I just think people should invest in the world. Don't invest in fashion, but invest in the world.
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I was a punk before it got its name. I had that hairstyle and purple lipstick.
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Within one generation, Los Angeles will be uninhabitable if people don’t do something about it. The world is going to get smaller and be uninhabitable and impossible to live in.
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Journalists are usually quite jealous people, especially of intellectuals who are supposed to be in fashion.
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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 don't care how many beauty treatments you have, I don't care which bag you're carrying - you have to have a dress.
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People have never looked so ugly as they do today. We just consume far too much.
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When I'm in the street, the only people I notice are usually at least 70 years old, because they look really stylish.
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I’m not terribly interested in beauty. What touches me is someone who understands herself.
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If you ask me what I think people should be getting next season, I’ll tell you what I’d like them to buy—nothing. I’d like people to stop buying and buying and buying.
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The whole basis of my work is analysing what I do and building some sort of intellectual framework. The only possible effect one can have on the world is through unpopular ideas. They are the only subversion.
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The young need discipline and a full bookcase.
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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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What changed our lives forever was when Malcolm had the idea to sell rock 'n roll records to trendy customers.
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I do think if you aim for quality, it's not so much about consumerism. The idea is 'Buy less, choose well, make it last.'
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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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Wear a towel instead of a coat, it’s very chic. Or your husband’s boxer shorts with a belt, or something from your grandmother. It’s all about do-it-yourself at the moment.
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I'll tell you what I was like as a child. I was a good person. I was high-spirited but I was a big reader.
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In 1958, my father graduated from secondary school as the highest-achieving student in the state of Kansas, earning a five-year scholarship to the Massachusetts Institute of Technology. He turned it down. For someone raised in a remote farming town, this would have been his opportunity to transform his life, a ticket to a bigger world.
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It is all about technique. The great mistake of this century is to put inspiration and creativity first.
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Feminists wish women to seem like men. They're not men.
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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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The only reason I'm in fashion is to destroy the word conformity.