British fashion designer Vivienne Westwood died on Thursday, December 29, at the age of 81, the brand she founded announced on social networks. She is dead “peacefully”surrounded by her family, in south London.
The stylist’s career began in the 1970s at the heart of the punk movement, when her radical approach to street style turned the world upside down. It was the beginning of a long career, marked by several triumphant parades in London, Paris, Milan and New York.
As her stature grew, she seemed to transcend fashion with designs exhibited in museums around the world. The young woman who had despised the British establishment finally became one of its figureheads.
In addition, Vivienne Westwood has also contributed to stirring up the world of music. The Sex Pistols, craftsmen of the British punk movement, formed in his clothing store in London – called “SEX” – under the direction of their manager, Malcolm McLaren, the husband of Vivienne Westwood.
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