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How old is Vivienne Westwood?

How old is Vivienne Westwood?

80 years (April 8, 1941)
Vivienne Westwood/Age

Vivienne Westwood, in full Dame Vivienne Isabel Westwood, née Vivienne Isabel Swire, (born April 8, 1941, Glossop, Derbyshire, England), British fashion designer known for her provocative clothing. With her partner, Malcolm McLaren, she extended the influence of the 1970s punk music movement into fashion.

Where was Vivienne Westwood born?

Tintwistle, United Kingdom
Vivienne Westwood/Place of birth

Was Malcolm McLaren married to Vivienne Westwood?

The couple divorced three years later. She later partnered with Sex Pistols manager Malcolm Mclaren and had another son with him. In 1992, ten years after Westwood and Mclaren split, Westwood married for a second time, to her assistant, Andreas Kronthaler, who is 25 years her junior.

Do Vivienne Westwood necklaces tarnish?

Vivienne Westwood uses mostly sterling silver and brass alongside imitation metals and stones on their jewelry. Though all metals do tarnish over time regular cleaning and proper storage will extend the life of your most beloved pieces: Cleaning: Sterling silver is a precious metal and therefore needs looking after.

Is Vivienne Westwood a luxury brand?

As a strong fashion designer, Vivienne Westwood is one of the last independent global luxury fashion houses, the same as Stella McCartney both campaigning for protecting life on mother earth, climate change and human rights. Vivienne has been designing and making fashion for 50 years now, since 1970.

The pearl necklace is easy to spot thanks to Westwood’s distinct orb logo. First created in the late ’80s, the emblem is a hybrid of the sovereign’s orb and the rings of Saturn. Combining royal British iconography and outer-space symbolism, it represents the importance of the past while nodding towards the future.

Who was Vivienne Westwood and what did she do?

Written By: Vivienne Westwood, in full Dame Vivienne Isabel Westwood, née Vivienne Isabel Swire, (born April 8, 1941, Glossop, Derbyshire, England), British fashion designer known for her provocative clothing. With her partner, Malcolm McLaren, she extended the influence of the 1970s punk music movement into fashion.

Where does Vivienne Westwood live in Clapham now?

Westwood is married to her former fashion student, Austrian Andreas Kronthaler. For 30 years she lived in an ex-council flat in Nightingale Lane, Clapham, until, in 2000, Kronthaler convinced her to move into a Queen Anne style house built in 1703, which once belonged to the mother of Captain Cook.

How many stores does Vivienne Westwood have in the world?

There are currently 63 Westwood outlets worldwide including 9 in China; 9 in Hong Kong; 18 in South Korea; six in Taiwan; two in Thailand; and two in the US: one in Los Angeles and the other in Hawaii. In June 2015, Vivienne Westwood Ltd reported a profits dip from £3.2m to £2.9m in 2014,…

When did Vivienne Westwood and Derek Westwood get married?

In 1962, she met Derek Westwood, a Hoover factory apprentice, in Harrow. They married on 21 July 1962; Westwood made her own wedding dress.