At one time, I was very angry. I even treated fashion like a kind of crusade: you were either with us or against us, that kind of feeling. Now I know we need ideas, not kicking down a door.
- Vivienne Westwood
More Quotes By Vivienne Westwood
The only reason I’m in fashion is to destroy the word conformity.
Fashion is very important. It is life-enhancing and, like everything that gives pleasure, it is worth doing well.
It’s true the punk fashion itself was iconographic: rips and dirt, safety pins, zips, slogans, and hairstyles. These... If you wear clothes that don’t suit you, you’re a fashion victim. You have to wear clothes that... It is extremely difficult to say how long the process actually took to finally achieve my fragrance, Boudoir,... My clothes have a story. They have an identity. They have a character and a purpose. That’s why... The fight is no longer between the classes or between rich and poor but between the idiots and... You have a more interesting life if you wear impressive clothes.
Buy less. Choose well. Make it last. Quality, not quantity. Everybody’s buying far too many clothes.
It’s a philosophy of life. A practice. If you do this, something will change, what will change is... Buy less, choose well: that’s the maxim. Quality not quantity. That’s the most environmentally friendly thing you can... The sexiest people are thinkers. Nobody’s interested in somebody who’s just vain with a hole in their head,... The most erotic zone is the imagination.
I’m not terribly interested in beauty. What touches me is someone who understands herself.
The young need discipline and a full bookcase.
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