by frereubu on 12/30/2022, 12:00:42 AM
by lucasfcosta on 12/29/2022, 11:20:02 PM
I’ve seen lots of upvotes here, but no comments, so I thought I’d recommend the folks here to go read about her life.
Besides a brilliant designer, she has shaped a great part of what modern UK culture came to be.
She’ll be missed.
by mikehotel on 12/30/2022, 3:01:53 AM
From the article:
As an anti-consumerist, Westwood gleefully undermined her own business interests. In 2010, she told AAP: “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.”
by smartbit on 12/29/2022, 11:21:57 PM
According to Vivienne Westwood a parent has two tasks
1. help a child in finding it’s passion
2. once found, support it in exploring their passion
by dwb on 12/29/2022, 11:34:48 PM
I don’t work at all closely to her life’s focus, or indeed with any significant fraction of her talent and drive, but I’m inspired by her nonetheless. RIP.
by yowlingcat on 12/29/2022, 11:25:55 PM
Genuinely sad about this. She was such a talented and important artist. I loved her work; she made one of my favorite necklaces I own. RIP.
For those who don't know much about her, there's a great documentary called "Westwood: Punk, Icon, Activist" from 2018 by Lorna Tucker. Apparently Westwood hated it, but it feels pretty honest. Looks like it's available on Amazon Prime and Disney+ (at least in the UK).
Adam Buxton had the director Lorna Tucker on his podcast, in which she talks about the making of the film (amongst a great many other things): https://www.adam-buxton.co.uk/podcasts/lpbk8k9zbhx54zt-8yl8m...