The Fashion World Pays Tribute to Vivienne Westwood

And your wonderful love story with Andreas, one particular we’d go through about in fairy tales, that I was ready to witness for many years. We can only dream of this kind of really like. Your legacy is just commencing, and it will be etched in stone forever, as your contribution to our industry is immeasurable. They could not make adequate awards for what you actually deserved. To be equipped to visit with you just lately I come to feel blessed and will have that memory in my heart generally. 

My honest condolences to Andreas, Joe, and all household and cherished ones. Relaxation on the throne you so drastically are entitled to, queen.”

“I am so saddened to hear of the passing of Dame Vivienne Westwood. Vivienne was an iconic pioneer in vogue and its best Punk. She broke all of the institution policies to make clothes that spoke of independence, rebel, and electrical power. She gave generations of young persons new codes to convey themselves.

Vivienne regularly inspired me as a person of the several primary ladies in our sector. She was in no way frightened, she under no circumstances took no for an response, her vision was pure and unfiltered. Vivienne taught us all so significantly. She generally will. Relaxation in ability.”

“Heartbroken. You did it first. Normally. Incredible model with good and meaningful compound.

I proceed to understand from your text, and, all of your amazing creations. I will usually recall the night time we bonded more than our mutual appreciate for Yves Saint Laurent. You by no means failed to surprise and to shock. I am grateful for the moments I received to share with you and Andreas.

Rest in peace dear Vivienne, while, by some means peace appears like the mistaken phrase to use. My deepest sympathies to Andreas and your loved ones.”

“Talk about a adjust maker, nonconformist, and environmentalist! Vivienne Westwood was in advance of it all! An artist, a punk, a doing the job mom, and also a designer whose model is still as applicable these days as at any time. I truly feel so fortunate to have acknowledged her a minimal all through an crucial section of my career in fashion and to have experienced that period so beautifully documented by Gavin Bond in his book Staying There. 

Vivienne at the time faxed me a handwritten letter inviting me to participate in a person of her displays, as a single did in the early ’90s. She had a short while ago considered Da Vinci’s “Lady with an Ermine” and was energized to tell me how much the portray reminded her of me. I am fairly positive it was the ermine, not the girl! Thank you, Vivienne, for keeping so legitimate to your principles and values and most importantly, for primary the way with spunk and with humor.”

“I can not consider I am writing this… Currently, we shed one of the most rare British icons of vogue ever. Vivienne Westwood inspired my job as a designer with bravery and bollocks. She invented punk.

I don’t forget sitting with her for hours at Juergen Teller’s birthday meal as she gently analyzed the corner of the tablecloth, folding it with precision like Japanese origami… I recognized she was creating a little sample and coming up with a zero-squander item, with minor obstacle. She was a genius.

Vivienne invented historic manner structure times that woke us all up and shook the marketplace to its core. She led the way ahead, never apologizing for exposing unjust wrongs in the earth and asking awkward issues.

Vivienne reported it like she saw it. She wished to make trend superior. Vivienne pushed each and every one boundary and held her head so superior. She was cheeky, irreverent, and experienced the truest fuck-you vibe I have ever regarded. I have under no circumstances at any time achieved anybody else like her. I hope extra turn into like her… Far more fight like her, more create like her, extra rejoice like her.

Thank you Dame Vivienne Westwood for all you gave us. You will stay on endlessly. God help save Westwood… Punk rock will never die.”

“Somehow I imagined Vivienne residing way into her hundreds. She nevertheless had so numerous urgent matters to get rid of gentle on, so a lot of causes to help, still so numerous injustices to be outspoken about… and so many additional magical outfits to create. This talented and excellent lady was so exceptional and so punk in all the techniques punk should really be. She did it her way, all the way. I will usually be grateful for possessing been in her inspiring business. Relaxation in wonderful electricity.”

“Dearest Vivienne, queen of punk. From the initial day I fulfilled you to the last working day I observed you, you built me smile, hear, master and adore additional than the day right before. I will permanently be grateful to have been in your orbit, since to me and most in fashion—and in humanity—you, Vivienne, ended up the sun. To the coolest, most entertaining, unbelievable, humble, artistic, badass, clever, fucking epic human becoming that has walked this earth, my inspiration and idol in all items, relaxation in appreciate and rest in peace…I will miss you. I’m sending my really like to pricey Andreas and the whole family members. She was cherished by so several.”

“So unfortunate to hear that Dame Vivienne Westwood has passed absent, a whole legend. Her studio was the only area I ever did a perform placement, in excess of 20 many years ago, it was an amazing time. I will remember her generally.”

“Dame Vivienne Westwood: her legacy just can’t be calculated by the actuality that she gave the planet the interminably copied “punk.” Let us not forget—she was the initially to depart that guiding. Thereon, she heroically devoted herself to standing up for civilized significant and radical considering, consistently making use of her place in vogue to talk out about the urgency of environmental destruction. I want to say that she was also the most luminously attractive girl I at any time achieved in fashion—Tim Walker’s portrait captured it. She was uncaring of that while, which made her even additional so. She was one particular of the pretty finest British women of all ages, often in advance of her time. She was type, regular, and messianic, all uniquely rolled into a single visionary force who experienced not a single jot of grandeur about her unbelievable standing as just one of the most influential designers in the planet.