THE FRIENDLY SKIES For ground staff, Westwood has designed bags composed of recycled canvas, reused roadside banners, leather offcuts, and recycled brass. Part of a collaboration with…
FLAG FOR THE FUTURE Bartrisyia’s winning design, which features seven colored doves and an Arctic starflower, will be reproduced in titanium before it’s planted four…
Dame Vivienne Westwood has only one piece of counsel for the erstwhile Kate Middleton: Buy less. “I don’t have any advice to her, except I think it would be great if she…
Don’t call Dame Vivienne Westwood an environmental activist. The legendary British designer prefers the term “freedom fighter,” according to an interview with Metro on…
ON TRAVEL AND ART “I try to concentrate on quality clothing and accessories that are worth having, and to get my people to take less trips by air and stay longer each time they…
“People have never looked so ugly as they do today. We just consume far too much.. I’m talking about all this disposable crap. What I’m saying is buy less, choose…
Dame Vivienne Westwood has never been one to shy away from a sound byte, but the doyenne of British fashion is finally putting her money where her mouth is. After voicing frustration…
WESTWOOD HO! The Autumn/Winter 2011 range carries 14 different styles of bags and accessories, for men and women. By working with the United Nations International Trade Centre, Westwood…
“What I’m really saying is, buy less and choose well. I would like quality rather than quantity. I don’t believe growth is okay if it means one man’s advantage is another…
Dame Vivienne Westwood said it best: “buy less, choose well.” The legendary British designer has partnered with Marie Claire on a limited-edition T-shirt dress to draw…
“I try to use my voice to tell people of the danger of climate change, we are an endangered species. Within one generation, Los Angeles will be uninhabitable if people don’t do…
“I don’t know. It’s very time-consuming, and I really am trying to do something about climate change. It’s the most vital thing we can be thinking about. My husband and I go…
Restraint and normalcy have never been Dame Vivienne Westwood’s strongest suits—and thank God for that. Speaking at a New Economics Forum event at Southbank Centre in London…
Photo by Ian Gavan/Getty Images With all the scandals tainting clothing retailers recently, could simply not shopping for clothes solve all our woes? Making an appearance on BBC News…
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