More Quotes by Vivienne Westwood
I design things to help people to hopefully express their personality.
It's true the punk fashion itself was iconographic: rips and dirt, safety pins, zips, slogans, and hairstyles. These motifs were so iconic in themselves - motifs of rebellion.
Fashion is very important. It is life-enhancing and, like everything that gives pleasure, it is worth doing well.
The only possible effect one can have on the world is through unpopular ideas.
We are so conformist; nobody is thinking. We are all sucking up stuff; we have been trained to be consumers, and we are all consuming far too much.
My clothes have a story. They have an identity. They have a character and a purpose. That's why they become classics. Because they keep on telling a story. They are still telling it.
The only reason I'm in fashion is to destroy the word conformity.
I’m not terribly interested in beauty. What touches me is someone who understands herself.
I'm not trying to do something different, I'm trying to do the same thing but in a different way
The fight is no longer between the classes or between rich and poor but between the idiots and the eco-conscious.