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 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.
Vivienne WestwoodThereโs this idea that somehow youโve got to keep changing things, and as often as possible. Maybe if people just decided not to buy anything for a while, theyโd get a chance to think about what they wanted; what they really liked.
Vivienne WestwoodI never look at fashion magazines. I find them incredibly boring. To me, reading a fashion magazine is the last thing I need to do. I've got books I need to read. More people should read books. It's the most concentrated experience you can have. You know, all those incredible geniuses concentrated their lifetimes' experiences in books. It's much better than chattering away to somebody who's never read anything and knows nothing at all.
Vivienne Westwood