How Vivienne Westwood stunned the Palace with THAT photograph and proved she was a sublime designer
Daily MailSome people will always leave a far bigger, brighter, louder, more outrageous and Latex-clad stamp on life than the rest of us. And in terms of talent, daring, courage, anti-establishment campaigning and knickerless meetings with the Queen, it is hard to imagine many topping fashion designer Vivienne Westwood, who has passed away aged 81. But behind the mad bleached hair, political statements and outrageous public persona, Vivienne was a fantastically talented — and self-taught — designer, voted one of the top six fashion designers of the 20th century and the only woman on the list — somehow appealing to everyone from Sex And The City's Carrie Bradshaw to Dita von Teese to Princess Eugenie. She sent Naomi Campbell down the catwalk wearing nine-inch platforms, which sold out around the world the minute Campbell toppled over, legs splayed Kate Moss and Vivienne Westwood attend Vivienne Westwood's Private View of her new retrospective show at the V&A Museum on March 30, 2004 Suddenly, everyone wanted to be seen in a Westwood. Dame Vivienne Westwood with Lady Thatcher in 2000 Famed fashion designer Dame Vivienne Westwood died peacefully surrounded by family at her home in Clapham Certainly, she was an unusual mum.
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