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Sinossi
Dalla felice infanzia nel Derbyshire al trasferimento nella Londra degli anni Cinquanta. Dai primi originalissimi gioielli venduti sulle bancarelle di Portobello Road al vestito realizzato da sola per il primo matrimonio con Derek Westwood e la nascita del figlio Benjamin. Dalla separazione consensuale alla turbolenta relazione con Malcolm McLaren, futuro manager dei Sex Pistols, da cui nasce il secondo figlio Joseph Corré. Per arrivare all'apertura del primo negozio su King's Road, "Let it Rock", destinato a cambiare diversi nomi e stili fino all'attuale "Worlds End". Dall'approdo al "made in Italy" grazie alla collaborazione con Carlo D'Amario alla relazione platonica e culturale con lo storico dell'arte Gary Ness. Fino al secondo matrimonio "clandestino" con Andreas Kronthaler, suo giovanissimo e geniale studente di moda austriaco, nel 1992. Se negli anni Settanta la Westwood viene riconosciuta come l'ideatrice del look punk, con creazioni stravaganti e provocatorie, negli anni Ottanta i suoi modelli non traggono più ispirazione soltanto dalla moda di strada giovanile, ma da tradizione e tecnica. La sua ricerca prende coltissimi spunti dalla storia del costume ed esplora tutte le epoche. Nel nuovo millennio s'impone poi l'impegno sociale e politico come attivista per organizzazioni ambientaliste e per i diritti umani e civili e il personale contributo grazie alla campagna "Rivoluzione Climatica" e al manifesto Active Resistance to Propaganda.
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- Pagine: 414
- Data di uscita: 03-12-2015
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Yeah, so I really didn’t want to write this review. It’s not often I’m lost for words, but this little project had me in hard-core procrastination mode. I stared out the window. I turned the heater on and off. I picked off my nail polish then painted it back on again. I even contemplated cleaning th Leggi tutto
Vivienne Westwood: single most important fashion phenomenon to come out of Britain or loony old bat? Who can say, to quote Bubble from AbFab (possibly another contender for the former) and this book will do nothing to help you make up your mind. I do think it's perfectly possible to hold at least tw Leggi tutto
F***ing (s)exquisite!
A very large book and probably could have been a few chapters shorter however I really enjoyed it. Was an interesting history of how she created the brand and how she grew up
The first part of the book - London 60s and 70s, the punk scene, Sex Pistols and the girl with guts and ambition called Vivianne - was the most genuine and interesting part of the book for me. I could feel for her; the emotional and financial ups and downs and yet her courageous stubborn endurance.
What a book. The size of it put me off, but it was actually a relatively quick-ish read as there were tons of illustrations. She's led a very inspiring life, and the first half was great, but the book was a little to glossy and perfect, i don't think it was a true warts and all book, as there's noth Leggi tutto
It was great to learn more about the designer Vivienne Westwood and mostly it was an enjoyable book that I found hard to put down. However there was something annoying about the format and it seemed poorly edited as was very repetitive in parts with some contradictory parts between direct quotes and Leggi tutto
I liked the bits about punk and World's End and the Sex Pistols. The rest is advertising. But maybe that's because the author is so infatuated with Westwood. It would have been better if this was written by someone less involved.
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