Vivienne Westwood Books

"One of the most thought-provoking and influential designers in the world - she once declared 'the only reason I'm in fashion is to destroy the word "conformity"' - Vivienne Westwood has been reinventing, changing and challenging the world of fashion for over five decades. Celebrating 40 years of catwalk collections, this book records the inimitable creations imagined by Vivienne Westwood since her first runway show in 1981, as well as those designed by her husband and long-time collaborator, Andreas Kronthaler. Complete with an introduction and collection texts by Alexander Fury, and biographies written by the designers themselves, Vivienne Westwood Catwalk offers a rare opportunity to chart the development of a uniquely creative fashion house"--Publisher's description.

Vivienne Westwood is one of the icons of our age; fashion designer, activist, co-creator of punk, global brand and grandmother; a true living legend. Both her name and brand are recognised the world over, whilst at home in the UK she has attained National Treasure status as the nation's favourite fearless female icon.

Vivienne Westwood began Get A Life, her online diary, in 2010 with an impassioned post about Native American activist Leonard Peltier. Since then, she has written two or three entries each month, discussing her life in fashion and her involvement with art, politics and the environment. Reading Vivienne's thoughts, in her own words, is as fascinating and provocative as you would expect from Britain's punk dame - a woman who always says exactly what she believes. And what a life! One week, you might find Vivienne up the Amazon, highlighting tribal communities' struggles to maintain the rainforest; another might see her visiting Julian Assange in the Ecuadorian Embassy, or driving up to David Cameron's house in the Cotswolds in a full-on tank. Then again, Vivienne might be hanging out with her friend Pamela Anderson, or in India for Naomi Campbell's birthday party, or watching Black Sabbath in Hyde Park with Sharon Osbourne. The beauty of Vivienne Westwood's diary is that it is so fresh and unpredictable. In book form, generously illustrated with her own selection of images, it is irresistible.

This literary suspense novel, brimful of twists and turns, will have you gasping at its unexpected revelations, but also doubled over at Isabel's blackly comic wit. She's one highly entertaining yet unreliable narrator.

Živoucí legenda, královna módy a punku. První autorizovaný životopis módní ikony – všechno naplno, bez příkras, bez cenzury. Až na dřeň. „Tohle je můj příběh, jak ho ještě nikdo nikdy nevyprávěl!" - Dáma Britského impéria Vivienne Westwoodová Holka z chudé dělnické rodiny z maloměsta, zdánlivě předurčená k nudné práci učitelky. V ní však tikala časovaná bomba, která s parádním rachotem vybuchla. Spolu s partnerem Malcolmem McLarenem otevírá v Londýně butik, který se stává kolébkou nového fenoménu – PUNKU. Dveře se otevírají motorkářům, lehkým děvám a vyznavačům sadomasochismu. Vivienne přichází s šílenými nápady, roztrhává a sešívá oblečení, spojuje ho řetězy a legendárními spínacími špendlíky. Na trika píše provokativní slogany, šije modely z pytlů a latexu. Na přehlídkových molech duní rebelská muzika Sex Pistols a New York Dolls, v Anglii se rodí kulturní revoluce. Divoška, rebelka, přítelkyně topmodelek Naomi Campbellové a Sarah Jessiky Parkerové. První punkerka, dáma vyznamenaná řádem Britské říše, ekologická aktivistka a matka dvou synů. Vivienne Westwoodová, s nepřehlédnutelným sex appealem i ve svých sedmdesáti, je módní ikona, jejíž nápady inspirují slavné návrháře jako Karl Lagerfeld či Jean Paul Gaultier.