78 Vivienne Westwood Quotes for You to Enjoy

Vivienne Westwood

English Designer

Born: Apr 8, 1941

Fashion Me People Think World You

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If you're too big to fit into fashion, then you just have to do your own fashion. Vivienne Westwood

Fashion You Big Own Too Fit Just Then Your

I own my own company, so I've never had businessmen telling me what to do or getting worried if something doesn't sell. I've always had my own access to the public, because I started off making my clothes for a little shop and so I've always had people buying them. Vivienne Westwood

Me People Own Clothes Worried Telling Something My Own Never Had Because Access Always Making Off Sell Shop Getting Public Little Them Businessmen Company Started Buying

I think it is a good thing to buy less and choose well - it's good for the environment and to be fair it's also good for me because my clothes are quite expensive. Vivienne Westwood

Buy Good Me Clothes Think Good Thing Environment Fair Also Well Because Quite Expensive Choose Less Thing

In the morning, I practice 15 minutes of yoga. Vivienne Westwood

Morning Practice Minutes Yoga

I am in my own head most of the time. Vivienne Westwood

Time Own My Own Head Most Am

At one time, I was very angry. I even treated fashion like a kind of crusade: you were either with us or against us, that kind of feeling. Now I know we need ideas, not kicking down a door. Vivienne Westwood

I'd like to be the last person alive in the world! Yes, I'd like to know what happens. Vivienne Westwood

World Alive Like Know Yes Person Happens Last

The capitalist system is about taking from the Earth and from the other great commodity, labour. What's happening with this system is that the rich are getting richer and the poor are getting poorer, and the only way out of it is supposed to be growth. But growth is debt. It's going to make the situation worse. Vivienne Westwood

Great Situation Rich Other Earth Way Worse System Out About Only Taking Supposed Make Debt Labour Getting Going Commodity Happening Poor Poorer Capitalist Richer Growth

The reason why I am proud of my part in the punk movement is that I think it really did implant a message that was already there. The hippies told it to me, but punk made it something cool for people to stand up for, which is that we do not believe government, that we are against government. Vivienne Westwood

Government Me People Punk Made Believe Think Something Part Message Proud Am Hippies Up Did Movement Which Against Really Stand Stand Up Reason Cool Why

Fashion has become so whatever. I don't think there are any stones left to unturn. Vivienne Westwood

Fashion Become Whatever Think Left Stones Any

I have been asked what would I ban immediately if I could. Advertising. Vivienne Westwood

Immediately Would Could Advertising Been Ban Asked If I Could

I talk to fashion designers and say I want some money to save the rainforest, and they say, 'Oh, I agree with you completely Vivienne. Yes, climate change, it's definitely happening,' but they don't feel that they can do anything about it; they don't even think 'Well let's stop it!' Vivienne Westwood

Fashion You Change Money Think Say Definitely Some About Feel Talk Well Climate Climate Change Yes Oh Stop Want Anything Happening Agree Even They Say Designers Save

I really don't like women who try to be men. All these politicians, I think they're horrendous. We could have a brilliant future, but we have this terrible male vision of destroying everything. They'd better sort themselves out and become more womanly. Vivienne Westwood

Future Women Vision Better Try Brilliant Men Become Politicians Think Everything Destroying Out Horrendous More Could Like Terrible Sort Male Womanly Themselves Really Who

If we didn't have the Chinese buying things, we'd be on the floor. Vivienne Westwood

Chinese Floor Things Buying

Print some money and give it to us for the rain forests. Vivienne Westwood

Rain Money Some Give Print Forests Us

I don't feel very comfortable defending my fashion except to say that people don't have to buy it. You do have to consume. You have to live. If you've got the money to be able to afford it, then it's really good to buy something from me, but don't buy too much. Vivienne Westwood

Buy Good Fashion Me You People Money Too Much Live Too Say Able Something Except Consume Feel Comfortable Got Very Afford Then Much Really Defending

Everybody should have a fair deal; everybody should have the chance to life in this world. If we were evolved as human beings, we would hopefully be able to alleviate suffering in the world. Vivienne Westwood

Life Suffering World Everybody Evolved Hopefully Would Able Alleviate Fair Deal Were Human Human Beings Should Beings Chance

I've always had my own access to the public, because I started off making my clothes for a little shop, and so I've always had people buying them. I could always sell a few, even if I couldn't sell a lot, and somehow my business grew because people happened to like it. I'm in a fortunate position. Vivienne Westwood

Business People Few Own Clothes Somehow My Own Could Had Like Because Access Always Making Lot Off Sell Shop Grew Happened Public Little Them Fortunate Even Started Buying Position

I've got a terrible memory; it's probably because I'm always concentrating on what I'm doing now. Vivienne Westwood

Memory Concentrating Terrible Because Always Got Doing Now

I was so upset with what was going on in the world. I just couldn't stand the idea of being people tortured and that we even had such a thing as war. I hated the older generation, who had not done anything about it. Punk was a call-to-arms for me. Vivienne Westwood

War Me Generation People World Punk Older Tortured Hated About Had Idea Done Going Just Being Upset Anything Stand Such A Thing Who Even Older Generation Thing

My clothes have always got a very strong dynamic rapport with the body - they are very body conscious, they help you to look glamorous, more hourglass, more woman. Vivienne Westwood

You Woman Strong Clothes Rapport More Glamorous Hourglass Look Always Got Very Dynamic Body Help Conscious

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