Vivienne Westwood is almost as much of a British institution as the
Queen and cups of tea - it's hard to imagine the newspapers without
their shock photos of Our Viv in one of her outlandish designs.
With all the sensationalist publicity, it's easy to forget that she
is one of our great creative forces - an accomplished designer
whose work has been internationally acclaimed. That she is an
eccentric is in no doubt - despite her relative affluence, she
still chooses to live in her modest one-bedroom council flat - and
this makes her a biographer's dream. This is not an 'approved'
biography, so Mulvagh has been free to show some of the more
negative aspects of Westwood's character, yet it is overall a
favourable portrait of an extraordinary woman who transformed
herself from a working-class primary school teacher into one of the
punk era's prime movers, and who now rubs shoulders with the
world's richest and most beautiful people. Exhaustive and
compulsive. (Kirkus UK)
? For three decades, Vivienne Westwood has been Britain?s most consistently original, outrageous, eccentric and controversial designer. In that time she has evolved from an iconoclastic outsider to an internationally revered figure, with two British Designer of the Year awards, an OBE, her own successful fashion label and an unrivalled reputation for leading where other designers follow.
? Her lifestyle could scarcely be in greater contrast to the opulence which surrounds other leading designers: until recently she lived in a modest council flat in South London, and she still travels around the capital by bicycle, dressed in her own flamboyant creations, with a plastic bag protecting her hair from the elements. How did an awkward girl from a conventional and provincial background become one of world fashion?s most influential and respected designers? How has she managed to remain true to her own idiosyncratic vision, refusing to conform to the fashion industry?s, and society?s, expectations?
? Speaking to Westwood herself, her friends, lovers, colleagues, rivals, admirers and detractors, Jane Mulvagh has created a portrait as rich, distinctive and constantly surprising as her subject?s character and work.
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