NYLON - February 2008 - (Page 44) 3 1 2 4 Of all the fashionable figures that have strolled the streets of London, Dame Vivienne Westwood, with her red hair and purple lips, is one of the most striking. Westwood met future Sex Pistols manager Malcolm McLaren, who was 18 at the time, in 1965, and together they opened her first shop in London (which was at one point called Sex) in 1971. The Sex Pistols frequently wore Westwood’s designs, and her name soon became synonymous with punk fashion. She favored abstractions of Victorian and pirate style, incorporating traditional tartan into avant garde designs, and outsize footwear—even once creating a shoe adorned with a penis. Three decades at the forefront of fashion haven’t tempered Westwood’s rebelliousness in the slightest: She continues to campaign for human rights, and while she is a big fan of the corset, she is not so fond of knickers, and after attending her knighting ceremony at Buckingham Palace, even admitted to not wearing any. 5 6 7 8 private icon: Vivienne Westwood 1. corset by diesel, $900; 2, necklace by theo fennell, $3,704; 3. dress by l.a.m.b., $425; 4. boudoir eau de parfum by vivienne westwood; 5. dress by vivienne westwood anglomania, $459; belt by gap, $29.50; 6. flaming red haircolor by l’oréal féria, $10; 7. boot by nina dolls, $180; 8. vivienne westwood shoes (damiani), $41. still lifes: jonathon kambouris and chika kobari. photo courtesy of the everett collection. SEXY DAME
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