Dame Vivienne found fame in the 1970s when she brought punk fashions into the mainstream, running a boutique on London's King's Road alongside Sex Pistols manager Malcolm McLaren
Legendary British fashion designer Dame Vivienne Westwood has died aged 81.Dame Vivienne found fame in the 1970s when she brought punk fashions into the mainstream, running a boutique on London's King's Road alongside Sex Pistols manager Malcolm McLaren.
The Derbyshire-born designer was also well known for her campaigning - standing up for issues such as pollution and climate change, as well as supporting WikiLeaks founder Julian Assange.0:42She once dressed up as Margaret Thatcher for a magazine cover and drove a white tank near the home of former prime minister David Cameron to protest against fracking.She turned up without underwear - a fact she revealed with a twirl of her skirt for photographers.
She regularly appeared on the catwalk to showcase her work, with supermodel Naomi Campbell famously falling in a pair of giant Westwood platforms in 1993.She studied jewellery-making and silversmithing before becoming a primary school teacher.
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