Who Is Vivienne Westwood? | The Mother Of Punk-Rock Fashion 

I know it’s a Westwood video but McLaren plays a huge role in her rise to fame. He basically created the Sex Pistols, and was responsible for letting Westwood make them their clothes. He needed the clothes to match their wild personality. However, McLaren also studied fashion like crazy, and had the store before Westwood. He was also responsible for some of the crazy graphics put out, like the rapist on a tee and the swastikas on sweatshirts. Listening to either of them talk during the time and it’s clear it’s Malcolm who has the ideas and Westwood who brings them to life. Westwood, when asked about using a swastika, gives no reason other than it looks cool. She didn’t even seem to understand the significance of the work she was creating. Even recently, she’s gone on record saying punk was an excuse to dress up. Whereas Westwood is all about projecting the idea about punk and anarchy, McLaren himself was considered to be anarchy incarnate at the time.

being an ex punk circa 1976 and having shopped at sex and seditionary I think this is a very well put together video

You could argue Westwood's influence is evident in some trends we have today. The bondage in stuff like Alyx, the plaid and skinny in Fear of God.

i love her. in my town there are protests about anti-fracking and one day guess who appears out of nowhere to protest in our little town... vivienne westwood!

Malcom Mclaren looked like he was falling asleep in the beginning of that interview

I’ve long been a huge fan of her. I love how she’s consistently been true to herself all these years. Thanks for this video ♥️

Learned so much! Thank you for posting this awesome video 😆

Great video right here. Was looking for a documentary about Vivienne’s legacy and this is even better! Came into this only knowing about the famous orb necklaces, having one of my own that I love.

i'm doing an essay about vivienne westwood for my class and this video was really helpful!!!

Another great video, I was highly familiar with her name and the punk rock fashion but always needed more information. Thanks man

Thank you! I enjoyed this video a lot

I know we can argue about viv and mclaren but thank you for this video it’s very well spoken and thought out!! Subscribed

Enjoyed that :) Thanks mate,& greetings from Australia.

just subscribed! you explain things very well and i love this series :) looking out for more new videos !

This is an amazing video, thank you!

I love ViviWest,, it’s the right kinda flashy and original. Can you talk about Rei? Ionno much about her,, also I love the Anglomania collection

Great vid bro!

I loooove Vivian but let's not forget that Betsy Johnson and Anya Phillips were doing their thing too.

One of my feminist icon

Hey, thank for the video! I was just watching her documentary and i think your video is much better! hahahahha

I 🖤punk ! not just the fashion but the music as well

Thank you for making this video. I thought all those straps and studs were too extra and couldn't understand why punks thought they looked good, but now I know punks back then liked wearing edgy stuff just to piss people off.

I Love your vídeos. So refreshing to find intelligent people in fashion

Great video!

great video, thank you!

i love vivienne westwood, great video :)

I actually found out about Vivienne through the Julian Assange case . Then after watching her interviews and documentaries and found her very interesting, my favorite is cafe society . Her red label collection is very popular here in Japan . I love her designs and jewelry. Thanks for the nice video and very unique coming from a fashion journalist! 😊😊

great vid!

I saw a video recently with Stella McCartney on sustainability. VW was in the audience saying she was struggling to find sustainable materials etc. Stella McCartney offered to hook her up with info. She then offered VW a job which was extremely cringey so I hope it didn't put VW off getting the info she needed.

Great video

great video

thank u for this

I appreciate and respect what she has done for fashion but she is an absolute hypocrite with her activism rubbish. How can the creator of such a huge global brand protest so much about climate change when her company contributes so much to it with production, transport, and sourcing? She claims the phrase "buy less" but releases an 80-look collection for Fall 2019, with a lot of it being uninteresting and wasteful "crap." She preaches against the negative effects of clothing production but ranks very low in sustainability. She speaks against the "filthy rich" but is worth $50 million and has in the past been charged for tax avoidance. She is a clear greenwasher, using her outrageous protests and "activism" as well as this green image to cause a stir, draw attention to her name, and therefore her company to promote sales. She did the same with the punk movement, simply using the outrageousness of it and the shock factor for attention until it gained too negative a reputation so she moved on to climate change as her new form of marketing. I personally cannot see past her hypocrisy and I think what she does is immoral and I don't why people don't see through this facade she puts on. In my opinion, if any brand or designer needs to be "cancelled" (other than D&G) it is her and her brand.

awsome video

Super interested in her idea of creating clothes based off where in the timeline your born

Interesting video even if her design language is so different to mine

do a video on helmut lang!

What about the Orb pendants and the logo??!

Sid Vicious`s red swastika shirt sold at auction in 2019 for $45,000

Oh, so that's why you were asking who we think is bigger... 🤔 Sneaky and smart

why is it insane that she sold clothing to sex workers? The tone of that sentence was off-putting. It's literally a store called SEX, of course sex workers would want to shop there.

I love this woman so much her clothes she made for Malcom Mclaren’s boutique is fire even the homosexual cowboy ones Sid wore I’d wear without any fucks and I’m heterosexual but to me clothes are clothes and a good design is a good design and just that and shouldn’t determine ones sexuality. She still looks damn good 77 years old shots crazy cause she’s Caucasian lol.

'There're still like this now, but I imagine back then it was worse'. lmao.

she was different forreal

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Iconic Westwood Bum Bag......

Rei wins still lmao

i think you can understand why she distances herself from punk when you realise that it was just a catalyst for what came after it musically politically and in terms of fashion.

RIP VW

What does "too fast to live too young to die" really mean ??

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16:13, she still went before the queen even thought she was antiestablsihment?

mclaren was mad on H

Mini 'Quinny' uh ?

Thought clothes had progressed

Unapologetic