Vivienne Westwood

For this essay I have chosen to discuss the work created by Vivienne Westwood and the influences of fashions she had on society. I will be primarily focusing the body of my essay on Westwood’s earlier years throughout her career, although I will be contrasting the change in her style with one of her later collections, then overviewing how these influenced fashion. Throughout the body of this essay I will addressing factors such as the fifties rival; discussing the opening of Westwood’s first boutique ‘Let It Rock’ and her earlier works with Malcolm McLaren, her musical influences and the impact they had on her and finally, discussing a collection of a later date stating the imact that had upon society. From extensive research I can clearly…

Movie, TV show, magazine, Internet and so on, everything you see from different media and different elements in these media such as the words, the images, the colors, the sounds, the angle of camera, are designed to make you think, sense and experience in a particular atmosphere (Beaton,2012). That is to say, artificial visual elements in different culture background could represent different meanings. Visual culture is to find out the connotation and denotation of them. Using a picture from an…

By comparing the contrast between Vivienne Westwood and John Galliano, the essay discusses how they become world’s most influential fashion designers and how their design influence on present day design. Vivienne Westwood was born in Isabel Swire Derbyshire in 1941. She played a vital role in the emergence of Punk Rock in the 1970s and has come to be known as one of the most influential British fashion designers of the twentieth century. Since 1960 to present, she has been the creative director…

“Vivienne Westwood is one of the most iconic fashion designers of the last 30 years.”(Victoria and Albert Museum, 2004) Vivienne Westwood is a fashion designer who was born in Glossopdale, Derbyshire, 1941. To her, clothes were one of the way she uses to deconstruct cliché and convention. The subtext of her subject of her explorations of clothes was very shocking, and it had been signposted in the name and themes of her collections. They sometimes included humour and she represented the…

A leather jacket, is just a leather jacket, until a punk makes it their own. Leather is a symbol in punk subculture that showcases their beliefs and opinions to the rest of the world. While many abhor the fashion trend, the punks find enjoyment in shocking the masses with their radical and unconventional apparel adorned in spikes, studs, chains, and intentional rips. They look for cast-off garments often from thrift stores, Good Will, and Salvation Army, especially black clothing and…

different meanings, such as red meaning anarchy. FETISH AND SEXUALITY When discussing punk, it is inevitable to bring up Vivienne Westwood and Malcolm McLaren’s influential King’s Road boutique and the epicenter of punk fashion, SEX, which sold clothing that defined the punk movement and challenged social and sexual taboos. From SEX, fetish wear was incorporated into the punk wardrobe. Leather, rubber and vinyl were common materials due to their implied connection with…

taste, culminating in a substantial influence on fashion. The group favored luxurious fabrics like velvet and silk. The trend coincided with the emergence of the ‘adrogynous’ look of the 80s and the disregard for gender norms in fashion, seeing male members of the group don women’s clothes if they felt so. Designers such as Vivienne Westwood took inspiration from this movement, debuting in her 1981 Pirates collection, frilled shirts and hussar jackets trimmed with gold braid, expanding in the…

Spandex tops, gleaming, suede fabric and Lycra stretch disco pants in hot strident sparkling hues with stretch sequin bandeau tops were frequently adjustments of expert present day move wear that ended up having an effect in discos as disco moving got to be not kidding. Gold faltering, panther skin and extend strap jumpsuits and white garments that sparkled. The 70’s fashion prove its self, as more than just a trends like the mixed and match, disco, punks, bohemian, and flouncy hippie style they…

potential female employees who were dressed in either a skirt suit or trouser suit. Employers were shown photos for a maximum of five minutes. The results showed that the women in the skirt suits were rated positively on confidence and flexibility. This study only showed the clothes in the photos meaning that uniform is an important part of the employment process. In certain industries women are seen to be in lower-paid jobs than men who are in the same field. Some uniforms seem to reflect…

H. Smith and Woolworth’s all wouldn’t carry it because of the vulgar language in songs like “Bodies,” the inclusion of the song “God Save the Queen,” and the word “bollocks” in the album’s title. Furthermore, television and radio stations were prohibited from airing advertisements for the album. Even with these bans, Never Mind the Bollocks charted at number one. Number Nine: They Chartered a Boat to Mock Queen Elizabeth’s Silver Jubilee. As a publicity stunt, McLaren and Virgin Records…