Dame Vivienne Isabel Westwood DBE RDI is a British fashion designer and businesswoman, largely responsible for bringing modern punk and new wave fashions into the mainstream. These inspirational Vivienne Westwood Quotes will change your life.
Best Vivienne Westwood Quotes
- “Buy less. Choose well. Make it last. Quality, not quantity. Everybody’s buying far too many clothes.” – Vivienne Westwood
- “You have a more interesting life if you wear impressive clothes.” – Vivienne Westwood
- “I’m not trying to do something different; I’m trying to do the same thing but in a different way” – Vivienne Westwood
- “The only reason I’m in fashion is to destroy the word conformity.” – Vivienne Westwood
- “The fight is no longer between the classes or between rich and poor but between the idiots and the eco-conscious.” – Vivienne Westwood
- “Buy less, choose well: that’s the maxim. Quality not quantity. That’s the most environmentally friendly thing you can do.” – Vivienne Westwood
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“I design things to help people to hopefully express their personality.” – Vivienne Westwood
- “Intelligence is composed mostly of imagination, insight, things that have nothing to do with reason.” – Vivienne Westwood
- “I am attracted to people who make this effort in knowing what suits them – they are individual and stylish.” – Vivienne Westwood
- “The most erotic zone is the imagination.” – Vivienne Westwood
- “I’m not terribly interested in beauty. What touches me is someone who understands herself.” – Vivienne Westwood
- “The best fashion accessory is a book.” – Vivienne Westwood
- “What I remember as a child is that other kids didn’t care about suffering. I always did.” – Vivienne Westwood
- “It is not possible for a man to be elegant without a touch of femininity.” – Vivienne Westwood
- “I do have reasons for what I do. I am a very political person, and I really think if you put these clothes on, you will look like a force to be reckoned with.” – Vivienne Westwood
- “The only possible effect one can have on the world is through unpopular ideas.” – Vivienne Westwood
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“The sexiest people are thinkers.” – Vivienne Westwood
- “I disagree with everything I used to say.” – Vivienne Westwood
- “Fashion is life-enhancing and I think it’s a lovely, generous thing to do for other people.” – Vivienne Westwood
- “I have been asked what would I ban immediately if I could. Advertising.” – Vivienne Westwood
- “It is all about technique. The great mistake of this century is to put inspiration and creativity first.” – Vivienne Westwood
- “People have never looked so ugly as they do today. We just consume far too much.” – Vivienne Westwood
- “Buy less, choose well & do it yourself!” – Vivienne Westwood
- “My aim is to make the poor look rich and the rich look poor.” – Vivienne Westwood
- “The young need discipline and a full bookcase.” – Vivienne Westwood
- “It’s better to look important than sexy.” – Vivienne Westwood
- “I was born during the war and grew up in a time of rationing. We didn’t have anything. It’s influenced the way I look at the world.” – Vivienne Westwood
- “Every time I hear that word, I cringe. Fun! I think it’s disgusting; it’s just running around. It’s not my idea of pleasure.” – Vivienne Westwood
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“I like to literally put women on a pedestal” – Vivienne Westwood
- “I never look at fashion magazines. I find them incredibly boring.” – Vivienne Westwood
- “If you dress up, it helps your personality to emerge – if you choose well.” – Vivienne Westwood
- “There’s always a polemic in my clothes.” – Vivienne Westwood
- “I don’t have faith in young people anymore. I don’t waste time trying to communicate with them.” – Vivienne Westwood
- “I didn’t do anything at the Queen, whom I admire.” – Vivienne Westwood
- “I was the first person to have a punk rock hairstyle.” – Vivienne Westwood
- “Feminists wish women to seem like men. They’re not men.” – Vivienne Westwood
- “There’s nowhere else like London. Nothing at all, anywhere.” – Vivienne Westwood
- “Shoes must have very high heels and platforms to put women’s beauty on a pedestal.” – Vivienne Westwood
- “My son has followed fashion since he was a punk. He and I agree that fashion is about sex.” – Vivienne Westwood
- “I can’t think without my glasses.” – Vivienne Westwood
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“I like the Chinese proverb: If a horse is yours, it will always come back!” – Vivienne Westwood
- “I was a punk before it got its name. I had that hairstyle and purple lipstick.” – Vivienne Westwood
- “More people should read books. It’s the most concentrated experience you can have.” – Vivienne Westwood
- “Being part of a community with a church at its Centre and singing hymns is a great thing to do.” – Vivienne Westwood
- “I do think if you aim for quality, it’s not so much about consumerism. The idea is ‘Buy less, choose well, make it last.'” – Vivienne Westwood
- “If you’re too big to fit into fashion, then you just have to do your own fashion.” – Vivienne Westwood
- “What I’m always trying to say to the consumer is: buy less, choose well, make it last.” – Vivienne Westwood
- “I may be a rebel, but I am not an outsider.” – Vivienne Westwood
- “Every time I have to look up a word in the dictionary, I’m delighted.” – Vivienne Westwood
- “However, because Britain is young and exciting, I did show my second line here once or twice.” – Vivienne Westwood
