Vivienne Westwood dies aged 81

Ron in Regina

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You’re not a follower of British Fashion Royalty? Say it isn’t so!! Never heard of her before reading this thread & a quick Wiki either. Oh well.
1672495173563.jpeg I remember the sofa this material came from. It was ugly and difficult to maneuver around corners, but it was really really comfortable!!
 

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You’re not a follower of British Fashion Royalty? Say it isn’t so!! Never heard of her before reading this thread & a quick Wiki either. Oh well.
View attachment 16897 I remember the sofa this material came from. It was ugly and difficult to maneuver around corners, but it was really really comfortable!!
It's very environmentally friendly. Just think of all the rolls of 1970s upholstery fabric that woulda just been trashed without darling Viv!
 
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Back in the Seventies and Eighties there was Punk and New Wave. It was Vivienne Westwood who brought those two styles, created in Britain, to the mainstream.

She was also married to Malcolm McLaren between 1967 and 1980. He was the manager of The Sex Pistols.

Vivienne Westwood: Julian Assange to ask for prison leave for funeral, says wife​

Wikileaks founder Julian Assange will request leave from the high-security Belmarsh Prison to attend Dame Vivienne Westwood's funeral, his wife says.

Dame Vivienne was a vocal supporter and friend of Mr Assange for more than a decade, famously protesting against his incarceration suspended in a bird cage.

She died in London on Thursday aged 81.

Mr Assange is fighting extradition to the US on charges related to the publication of thousands of classified documents in 2010 and 2011.

His wife Stella Assange, who has described Dame Vivienne as "irreplaceable", told the BBC her husband and the designer had a close personal relationship.

Having known Mr Assange for more than ten years, she said Dame Vivienne was a strong supporter of WikiLeaks' work.

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