Dame Vivienne Westwood in pictures: From punk to trailblazer and catwalk activist
Dame Vivienne Westwood, who died aged 81, was the provocative doyenne of British fashion who married the anti-establishment spirit of punk with the flamboyance of high fashion.< /p>Image source, Getty Images
She rose to fame in the 1970s after opening t a boutique in London with her then-father rtner Malcolm McLaren, selling extravagant outfits that came to define punk style. The shop was the favorite haunt of members of the Sex Pistols, which McLaren later managed.
![Dame Vivienne Westwood in 1982](https://ichef.bbci.co.uk/news/976/ cpsprodpb/2D0F/production/_128153511_gettyimages-131390478.jpg)
"There was no punk before me and Malcolm," Westwood later said in his autobiography. "And the ...
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Dame Vivienne Westwood, who died aged 81, was the provocative doyenne of British fashion who married the anti-establishment spirit of punk with the flamboyance of high fashion.< /p>Image source, Getty Images
She rose to fame in the 1970s after opening t a boutique in London with her then-father rtner Malcolm McLaren, selling extravagant outfits that came to define punk style. The shop was the favorite haunt of members of the Sex Pistols, which McLaren later managed.
![Dame Vivienne Westwood in 1982](https://ichef.bbci.co.uk/news/976/ cpsprodpb/2D0F/production/_128153511_gettyimages-131390478.jpg)
"There was no punk before me and Malcolm," Westwood later said in his autobiography. "And the ...
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