Vivienne Westwood Quotes
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I think it is terribly important to have opinions, and to think. We live in a world of action without thought.
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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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The only reason I'm in fashion is to destroy the word conformity.
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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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The best night of my life was watching the Japanese Noh theater. I've only seen it once, but even saying it now, I think, 'How can I ever have this experience again?' It was so mesmerizing, so complicated and so primordial; I could not believe it.
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There’s this idea that somehow you’ve got to keep changing things, and as often as possible. Maybe if people just decided not to buy anything for a while, they’d get a chance to think about what they wanted; what they really liked.
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The young need discipline and a full bookcase.
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I don't care if you get up in the morning and don't wash, don't put any make-up on, don't do your hair, even, but you have to have clothes if you want to look different.
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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 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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If you're too big to fit into fashion, then you just have to do your own fashion. Vivienne Westwood
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The fight is no longer between the classes or between rich and poor but between the idiots and the eco-conscious.
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Buy less. Choose well. Make it last. Quality, not quantity. Everybody's buying far too many clothes.
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Home, more than anything, means warmth and bed.
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Fashion is life-enhancing and I think it's a lovely, generous thing to do for other people.
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If we didn't have the Chinese buying things, we'd be on the floor.
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Liverpool people are famous for liking clothes and fashion; they are very social and lively people, and we know that they like clothes.
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Buy less, choose well & do it yourself!
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The main message of Climate Revolution is that climate change is caused by the rotten financial system we've got, designed to create poverty and rip off any profits for a small amount of rich people. Meanwhile, it destroys the earth.
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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.
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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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I like the Chinese proverb: If a horse is yours, it will always come back!
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I'm not sure what I think about current fashion, though. A few years ago, I would have said it's really, really bad and you hardly ever see anybody looking good. There must be some very good designers in the world.
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I don't think punk fashion is a specter or overemphasized - it made a big impression, as there had never been anything like it before.