Vivienne Westwood Quotes
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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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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 young need discipline and a full bookcase.
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I design things to help people to hopefully express their personality.
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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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The only reason I'm in fashion is to destroy the word conformity.
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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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Buy less. Choose well. Make it last. Quality, not quantity. Everybody's buying far too many clothes.
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You have a more interesting life if you wear impressive clothes.
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I do have reasons for what I do. I am a very political person, and I really think if you put these clothes on, you will look like a force to be reckoned with.
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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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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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However, because Britain is young and exciting, I did show my second line here once or twice.
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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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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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I always thought we had an environmental problem, but I hadn't realized how urgent it was. James Lovelock writes that by the end of this century there will be one billion people left.
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My biggest criticism is how can people be so easily satisfied? Even people with talent.
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I like the Chinese proverb: If a horse is yours, it will always come back!
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Home, more than anything, means warmth and bed.
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The age in which we live, this non-stop distraction, is making it more impossible for the young generation to ever have the curiosity or discipline... because you need to be alone to find out anything.
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What I remember as a child is that other kids didn't care about suffering. I always did.
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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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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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Intelligence is composed mostly of imagination, insight, things that have nothing to do with reason.