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Vivienne Westwood OBE was born in Derbyshire in 1941. She began designing clothes in 1971, and in 1990 and 1991 was named British Designer of the Year. Her name became synonymous with Punk in the mid-1970s. Since 1983 she has shown in Paris; innovative and idiosyncratic, she is known for her use of quintessentially British fabrics. She said 'Fashion is very important. It is life-enhancing and, like everything that gives pleasure, it is worth doing well.'