Vivienne Westwood

Vivienne Westwood was never just a designer to me; her whole life was the artwork. She dragged punk off the street and onto the global runway, then spent her later years furiously fighting for the climate and against the establishment she had every reason to cozy up to. That refusal to soften, even after a damehood, is what I find genuinely thrilling. Being ranked among Britain's most influential artists feels almost understated. What I loved most was how she fused rage and beauty without compromising either. Designers come and go, but a true cultural provocateur like her is irreplaceable.

Name (English)

Vivienne Westwood

Name (Japanese)

ヴィヴィアン・ウエストウッド

Reading

ゔぃゔぃあん・うえすとうっど

Born

April 8, 1941 – December 29, 2022

Zodiac / Chinese zodiac

Aries / Snake

Origin

Hollingworth, United Kingdom

Occupation

university teacher / fashion designer / businessperson / jewelry designer / activist

University

University of Westminster

Awards & achievements

• The Fashion Awards
• 2005 Dame Commander of the Order of the British Empire
• 2001 Royal Designer for Industry
• 1996 Berliner Bär
• 2019 European Cultural Award
• 1992 Officer of the Order of the British Empire

• Official sitehttps://www.viviennewestwood.com/
• Instagramhttps://www.instagram.com/viviennewestwood/
• Xhttps://x.com/followwestwood
• Wikipedia (English)https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Vivienne%20Westwood
• Wikipedia (Japanese)https://ja.wikipedia.org/wiki/%E3%83%B4%E3%82%A3%E3%83%B4%E3%82%A3%E3%82%A2%E3%83%B3%E3%83%BB%E3%82%A6%E3%82%A8%E3%82%B9%E3%83%88%E3%82%A6%E3%83%83%E3%83%89
• Wikidatahttps://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q158067

Tags

• university teacher
• fashion designer
• businessperson

Last updated

2026-06-17

Facts are limited to publicly available information up to 2024; non-public or unconfirmed items are omitted. English text is machine-assisted (facts translated by Sonnet, "My Take" written by Opus 4.8). The Japanese page is the source of record.