Vivienne westwood 70s punk

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Purveyor of punk and perennial British icon, this enfant terrible of fashion took her first steps in the scene in the 1970s with Malcolm McLaren, manager of the Sex Pistols. Today, we pay homage to her bold and anti-conformist style through eight key moments in her career.

Vivienne Westwood 1977

Vivienne Westwood is a woman I admire immensely; for her wonderfully subversive take on fashion, as well as her fiercely committed activism. At age 72, she is still evolving as a brilliant genius. …

1970's clothing retailer Vivienne Westwood.

At the beginning of the 1970s at 430 King’s Road there was a boutique that would become legendary within England’s punk and new wave movement.

Resurrection Vintage's Westwood & McLaren Punk Collection in Vogue Magazine

Vivienne Westwood dressed in a typical 70s punk outfit

The London shop she ran with Malcolm McLaren defined an era. “I don’t think punk would have happened,” Chrissie Hynde said, “without Vivienne and Malcolm.”

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WESTWOOD AND FRIENDS OUTSIDE LET IT ROCK, 1971.

Westwood & McLaren Let It Rock Shirt and Skirt From Resurrection's 1% Punk Exhibition c. 2000

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Find out which legendary designers made the cut for MoMA’s second-ever fashion exhibition.

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This was the first major exhibition celebrating post-war British art and design.