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    • Tuesday, 22 August, 2023
      The Art of FashionThe Art of Fashion: the Literary issue
      The autumn/winter 2023 fashion trends to know

      Designers embraced versatile pieces that look the part whatever the occasion

      Khaite AW23
    • Friday, 16 June, 2023
      HTSI
      The fashion auction of the year

      Rellik founder Steven Philip’s legendary collection of Vivienne Westwood and John Galliano is going under the hammer

      Malcolm McLaren, rappers The World Famous Supreme Team, and models wear Vivienne Westwood’s Buffalo collection, February 1983
    • Monday, 6 February, 2023
      HTSIThe 2023 women’s style special
      Rebel with a cause – the collectable legacy of Vivienne Westwood

      Classic pieces by the late godmother of punk are more sought after than ever

      Westwood at her AW16 catwalk show in London
    • Friday, 30 December, 2022
      Obituary
      Vivienne Westwood, fashion designer, 1941-2022

      An iconoclast and enemy of convention who defined the look of punk

    • Friday, 30 December, 2022
      UK fashion designer Vivienne Westwood dies aged 81

      Tributes paid to pioneer widely credited with bringing punk style into the mainstream

      Dame Vivienne Westwood surrounded by models after the presentation of her spring/summer collection in Paris in 2005
    • Tuesday, 5 April, 2022
      The Art of FashionThe Art of Fashion: the British issue
      Why Vivienne Westwood still rules

      Her designs from the ’80s and ’90s are finding an appreciative new audience on TikTok — and bolstering demand for vintage pieces

      Andreas Kronthaler and Vivienne Westwood
    • Friday, 25 October, 2019
      ReviewTelevision
      Westwood: Punk, Icon, Activist — BBC2 goes behind the scenes

      Westwood shows an endearing grace, sowing the seeds of future national treasure status

      Programme Name: Westwood - Punk – Icon – Activist - TX: 26/10/2019 - Episode: Westwood - Punk – Icon – Activist (No. n/a) - Picture Shows: British designer Vivienne Westwood acknowledges press backstage in Paris - (C) VWI Films Ltd - Photographer: VWI Films Ltd
    • Friday, 29 June, 2018
      ReviewLife & Arts
      On digital: Westwood: Punk, Icon, Activist — portrait of a fashion iconoclast

      Lorna Tucker’s modest sketch of a documentary is happy to let the designer’s handiwork do most of the talking

    • Wednesday, 21 March, 2018
      ReviewLife & Arts
      Westwood: Punk, Icon, Activist — tantrums and outlandish creations

      Lorna Tucker’s documentary reveals the fashion designer as a unique individual

      Fashion designer Vivienne Westwood
    • Sunday, 4 March, 2018
      Life & Arts
      Balenciaga, Comme des Garçons, Noir Kei Ninomiya, Junya Watanabe AW18 review: the theatre of fashion

      There have been many spectacles, but the best dramas in Paris are the ones starring the clothes

      Balenciaga Fall Winter 2018 Paris Fashion Week Copyright Catwalking.com 'One Time Only' Publication Editorial Use Only
    • Friday, 6 January, 2017
      UK economy
      Vivienne Westwood’s return boosts London Fashion Week Men’s

      More than 120 designers featured over four days with visitors from 38 countries

      Models at the Topman show at London Men's Fashion Week on Friday
    • Wednesday, 19 October, 2016
      World
      Punk memorabilia is becoming valuable

      The appeal of punk ephemera is growing among wealthy collectors

    • Wednesday, 6 April, 2016
      Michael Skapinker
      Why the British Museum should accept BP’s money

      Fight against climate change will not be advanced by refusing sponsorship for exhibitions

      British Museum
    • Friday, 22 January, 2016
      News in-depthWorld
      Anarchy gives way to tourism as punk hits 40

      Anniversary of musical revolution proves to be a lucrative marketing opportunity

      Mandatory Credit: Photo by Ray Stevenson/REX/Shutterstock (153670bj) Sex Pistols - Glen Matlock, Johnny Rotten, Steve Jones - 1977 Various
    • Friday, 6 November, 2015
      Life & Arts
      What did you wear in the war, mummy?

      On Remembrance weekend, Aimee Farrell examines the power of the propaganda print

      Clockwise from top left: Lettres aux Soldats Francais scarf, 1940s, by Jacqmar; London scarf, 1944, by Felix Topolsky; women tractor drivers, 1930, by DN Preobrazhenskaya; power transmission lines, 1930, by RG Matveeva
    • Thursday, 5 November, 2015
      European companies
      Low-cost airlines drop upstart image and dress to impress

      Ryanair’s new crew uniforms are part of a move among budget carriers to more sophisticated marketing

      Following suit: Ryanair’s smarter look will be rolled out in December
    • Thursday, 5 March, 2015
      Retail & Consumer industry
      Blackwell’s David Prescott weathers the storm in a bookshop

      The chief executive would still recommend the trade to his children

      Business Life page of the FT, Working Lives feature. Blackwells Chief Executive David Blackwell. Blackwells Bookshop in Broad Street, Oxford. 25.02.15. Photo by Mark Bassett
    • Monday, 13 October, 2014
      ReviewLife & Arts
      Alcina, The English Concert, Barbican, London and touring – review

      At times, this concert performance of Handel’s opera resembled a sing-off between starry soloists

      Joyce DiDonato in 'Alcina' at the Barbican, London
    • Friday, 10 October, 2014
      ReviewLife & Arts
      Memoirs: John Lydon, Vivienne Westwood

      The alchemy of punk was shortlived but potent, as books by two of its pioneers reveal

      Vivienne Westwood and the Sex Pistols at the Notre Dame Hall in London, 1976
    • Friday, 3 October, 2014
      Life & Arts
      Trends from Paris Fashion Week

      Circles, vintage florals and brocade are among the key looks for spring

      Looks from Paris Fashion Week: (from left) Giambattista Valli, Miu Miu, Isabel Marant and Valentino
    • Monday, 29 September, 2014
      Life & Arts
      Paris Fashion Week: Silly moments take edge off seriousness

      Avant garde aesthetics, activism and a grand adieu for Jean Paul Gaultier dominated the weekend’s catwalks

      French designer Jean Paul Gaultier (centre) celebrates with models at the end of his last ready-to-wear collection, the 2015 Spring/Summer ready-to-wear collection fashion show, on September 27, 2014 in Paris. Jean Paul Gaultier, showman of Paris fashion, bows out of ready-to-wear after nearly 40 years of over-the-top, sometimes provocative collections.The 62-year-old former 'enfant terrible' of fashion, who famously designed Madonna's cone bras, will devote himself to couture, the brand's perfume business and other projects, the fashion house said
    • Monday, 15 September, 2014
      Life & Arts
      London Fashion Week: Day 3

      Show reviews from Preen, Margaret Howell, Mary Katrantzou and Jonathan Saunders

      Models backstage at the Preen show during London Fashion Week Spring Summer 2015 on September 14 2014 in London, England
    • Thursday, 8 May, 2014
      Material WorldVanessa Friedman
      Dior Cruise: clothes, consumers and concept
    • Monday, 17 February, 2014
      Life & Arts
      London Fashion Week: Runway report 3
      Models present creations from designer Mary Katrantzou
    • Friday, 6 December, 2013
      Life & Arts
      What guests wore at the glittering Bal des Débutantes in Paris
      Cheryl Hines, Kyra Kennedy and Robert Kennedy at the Bal des Débutantes
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