We wanted to step off our island and add the color of the third world. We got gold cigarette paper and stuck it around our teeth. We really did look like pirates and dressed to look the part.
Vivienne WestwoodI do not approve of museums trying just to get people to come in. Whistler was very, very clear on this.
Vivienne WestwoodI don't think punk fashion is a specter or overemphasized - it made a big impression, as there had never been anything like it before.
Vivienne WestwoodThe capitalist system is about taking from the Earth and from the other great commodity, labour. What's happening with this system is that the rich are getting richer and the poor are getting poorer, and the only way out of it is supposed to be growth. But growth is debt. It's going to make the situation worse.
Vivienne Westwood