#23 Vivienne Westwood

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Westwood was born in the village of Tintwistle, Cheshire,[N 1] on 8 April 1941,[3] the daughter of Gordon Swire and Dora Swire (née Ball), who had married two years previously, two weeks after the outbreak of World War II.[4] At the time of Vivienne's birth, her father was employed as a storekeeper in an aircraft factory; he had previously worked as a greengrocer.[4]
She attended Glossop Grammar School. In 1958, her family moved to Harrow, London. She studied silver-smithing at Harrow School of Art,[5] but left after one term, saying later, "I didn't know how a working-class girl like me could possibly make a living in the art world".[6]After taking up a job in a factory and studying at a teacher-training college, she became a primary school teacher. During this period, she created her own jewellery, which she sold at a stall on Portobello Road.[3] While she continued teaching and simultaneously making jewelry, this led to her discovering design when she met Malcolm McLaren who became a major inspiration to her designs in Punk Fashion.[7]
In 1962, she met Derek Westwood, a Hoover factory apprentice, in Harrow.[8] They married on 21 July 1962; Westwood made her own wedding dress.[8] In 1963, she gave birth to a son, Benjamin (Ben) Westwood.[8]

Malcolm McLarenEdit

Once she met Malcolm McLaren, it meant the end of Westwood's marriage to Derek. Westwood and McLaren moved to a council flat in Clapham, and while living there, they had a son together in 1967, Joseph Corré.[9]. Westwood continued to teach until 1971; she created clothes which McLaren conceived. McLaren became manager of the punk band, the Sex Pistols, and subsequently the two garnered attention as the band wore Westwood's and McLaren's designs.

Punk eraEdit

Westwood was one of the architects of the punk fashion phenomenon of the 1970s, saying "I was messianic about punk, seeing if one could put a spoke in the system in some way".[8] The "punk style" included BDSM fashion, bondage gear, safety pins, bicycle or toilet chains on clothing and spiked dog collars/chokers for jewellery, as well as outrageous make-up and hair. Essential design elements include the adoption of traditional elements of Scottish design such as tartan fabric.[citation needed]

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