A review by mindtravelagent
Vivienne Westwood by Vivienne Westwood, Ian Kelly

4.0

I really dug this book. It felt like a conversation with a good friend. What was most inspiring to me was tracing back how all of the circumstances of her life, all of her experiences, being a school teacher, a single mum, and so on, led to her design sensibilities as well as her passionate social activism.

I thought too that she was rather generous to the memory and contributions of Malcolm McLaran, and I felt painted a good picture of how each of them catalyzed the other.

I loved learning about her post-Punk emergence and flowering of the Vivienne Westwood brand, really coming into her own.

My kind of woman, and I'm grateful for the enjoyable read. What a grand dame she is! And what a character....