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12 unusual facts about Vivienne Westwood


Althea Harper

While at University, Harper interned with notable fashion designers Anna Sui, and Zac Posen, in NYC, she also lived in London interning with Alexander McQueen, and Vivienne Westwood.

Deep in Vogue

Mark Moore used to hang out in Malcolm McLaren and Vivienne Westwood's shop Seditionaries as a 14 year old punk rocker.

Kim Young-kwang

Kim has walked the runways of numerous world-renowned designers including Alexander McQueen, Vivienne Westwood and Etro and became the first Asian model to walk Dior Homme's show.

Marco Bolognesi

The outcome was Woodland, a series of stills in collaboration with fashion designers such as Vivienne Westwood, Alexander McQueen, Kei Kagami and Dolce and Gabbana.

Minx Nails

The company’s tagline is “Minx extends fashion to your fingertips” and designers including Alexander McQueen, Vivienne Westwood, Gareth Pugh, Alice + Olivia and Thierry Mugler have featured custom Minx in their fashion shows.

Museum of Bags and Purses

Till the 21st of February 2010 you can visit the exhibition: Made in Britain, with bags from English designers like Vivienne Westwood, Alexander McQueen, Lulu Guinness, Paul Smith and Anya Hindmarch.

Olaf Hajek

His work primarily as an illustrator gained him many print and advertising campaigns, and Hajek became a strong asset in the Global Contemporary Art Community, even teaching alongside famed fashion designer Vivienne Westwood.

Originally studying to be a graphic designer, Olaf switched to illustration and taught alongside the likes of Punk fashion legend, Vivienne Westwood.

Paul Daniel

At the opening of the Millennium Dome, he wore a coat designed specifically for the occasion by Vivienne Westwood.

Sempre Lontano

Zilli's outfit in the music video was designed by Vivienne Westwood.

Simone Cipriani

The Ethical Fashion Initiative harnesses the power of fashion as a vehicle out of poverty by connecting top designers, including Vivienne Westwood and Stella McCartney, to marginalized artisans in East Africa, West Africa and Haiti.

Tatiana Lyadockrina

During the same year she was featured in both Max Mara and Vivienne Westwood spring advertisements and the from June 2006 and onward have appeared in Japanese language Vogue, Juicy Couture book and Paule Ka ad.


Layla Anna-Lee

Layla is the face of OK! online, and has interviewed some of the cast of the Twilight movies, actor Harrison Ford, and fashion designer Vivienne Westwood.

Nicole Trunfio

She has modelled for various Australian as well as international designers including Chanel, Dolce & Gabbana, Versace, Christian Dior, Gucci, Fendi, Missoni, Roberto Cavalli, Vivienne Westwood, Valentino, Victoria's Secret, Sweetface, and Neiman Marcus.

Susanne Bartsch

Moving to New York City in 1981, she opened a clothing boutique in SoHo that provided early exposure for British designers, including Vivienne Westwood, BodyMap John Galliano, and milliner Stephen Jones.

The Society of British Interior Design

SBID lobbies government to protect and promote the design industry for legislation change in Britain and campaigns on sustainability issues through two Ambassadors, Robin Gibb CBE of the Bee Gees, Ambassador for Intellectual Property (IP) rights and Dame Vivienne Westwood, Ambassador for Wool as a sustainable fibre.

University of Applied Arts Vienna

Famous artists such as Gustav Klimt, Oskar Kokoschka, Vivienne Westwood, Karl Lagerfeld, Jil Sander, Pipilotti Rist, Matteo Thun, François Valentiny, Hugo Markl and Stefan Sagmeister were part of the university's staff or student body.