Vivienne Westwood Wants You To Stop Buying Her Clothes
Vivienne Westwood is another one of my favorites and is one of Britain’s most celebrated designers. She is also know as a activist, often using the runway as a spotlight for her concerns relating to politics, climate change and the environment, and other social issues.
For her show at London Fashion Week, Westwood presented a collection of autumn and winter outfits that were punk/ new age inspired. Then, right after the show, she made a statement to reporters that could directly contradict the general idea of why designers design– she hopes people stop buying her clothes. Really? I though one of the thrills of being a designer is that you can see your works of art be brought to life through someone wearing it…right? Naturally, some clarification was needed for this statement.
Westwood explained it by saying,
“Stop all this consumerism. I just tell people, ‘stop buying clothes.’ Why not protect this gift of life while we have it? I don’t take the attitude that destruction is inevitable. Some of us would like to stop that and help people survive. We have to pressure government — there is a chance to save ourselves and we have to take it.”
The designer is digging deeper and looking to try new challenges, including a television series on art and science. She is already making moves toward a new direction.
“I just want to do much more interesting things with my life,” said Westwood as she spoke about moving beyond fashion.
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Source: London AP
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