Claire Wilcox with a foreword by Vivienne Westwood
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Published March 2004 £30.00 HB ISBN: 1 85177 406 8 224pp 287 x 247mm 367col, 19 b/w illustrations Click here to buy |
Vivienne Westwood is a global icon whose career has successfully spanned three decades from the early days of punk to the establishment of her own fashion-house. Published to accompany a major V&A exhibition - the first ever Vivienne Westwood retrospective - this book is also the first full-length study of her work as a groundbreaking fashion designer.
Over 380 illustrations convey the dynamism and impact of her ideas from the early punk years with Malcolm McLaren to her more recent collections, presenting imaginative and stunning creations that have been a major influence on fashion, music and art since the 1970s. The photographs - a mix of ad campaigns, fashion shoots, catwalk shots and rare archive images - have been personally selected by Vivienne Westwood, and present her own vision of the high-points of a career characterised by constant innovation and variety. Outfits worn by the Sex Pistols contrast with more recent creations for Sarah Jessica Parker, Tracy Emin and Cameron Diaz, demonstrating why Westwood is the most talked-about designer in Britain.