Mememe: I love VIVIENNE WESTWOOD !

Ever since I first typed her name into Google Search back in High School I have been obsessed and facinated with her work.

She's a true fashion guru and diva. She's a rolemodel to me and I can see a bit of myself in her- the craziness and out-of-box thinking etc.

In short, she's was I have and will always inspire to be, no matter what industry I go into one day.

A bit about the diva.

Vivienne Westwood (Vivienne Isabel Swire) was born on the 8th of April 1941. She was born in the UK and was the one who brought modern punk and new wave fashions onto broadway.
Daughter of Gordon Swire and Dora Swire, who'd married 2 weeks after the outbr8k of WW2, moved to London at the age of 17.

She studied at the Harrow School of Art, taking fashion and silversmithing. However, a month later she dropped out saying how she can't believe what a working-class girl like her is doing living in the art world.
From then onwards, she became a primary school teacher and later on she became an apprentice at a Hoover factory where she met Derek Westwood.

Soon after, in 1963 she had a son, named Benjamin Westwood.
After that, because of meeting Malcolm Mclaren, she and Derek ended their marriage and Westwood and Mclaren moved to a flat in Clapham. This was where she created clothing with Mclaren, drawing inspiration from bikers, prostitutes, and fetishists.

She was also inspired by the whole punk fashion of the 1970's which she incorporated into alot of her fashion garments.

Today, Westwood has inspired many designers. She now also designs shoes along with Patrick Cox.

Her designs were featured in the 2008 film adaption of the award winning series Sex and the City. (pictured below)