VIVIENNE WESTWOODPunk. Dame. Designer. Rebel. Millionaire. Mother. Radical. All words one could use to describe Vivienne Westwood, a woman who is perhaps the most influential British designer the world has ever seen.
In an industry predominantly created to showcase beauty, Westwood uses her skills to advocate higher causes, through her passion for art, history and social justice. In doing so she redefined what being a designer could represent, inspiring a wave of others dedicated to using fashion as a means of sparking cultural change.
Westwood was born in 1941, in the village of Tintwistle, Derbyshire. Her parents, Gordon and Dora, had met two years previously at the onset of the Second World War. She was the eldest of three children, in a family far removed from the English elite: Gordon worked as a storekeeper in an aircraft factory while Dora helped make ends meet by working in a local cotton mill.
VIVIENNE WESTWOODPunk. Dame. Designer. Rebel. Millionaire. Mother. Radical. All words one could use to describe Vivienne Westwood, a woman who is perhaps the most influential British designer the world has ever seen.
In an industry predominantly created to showcase beauty, Westwood uses her skills to advocate higher causes, through her passion for art, history and social justice. In doing so she redefined what being a designer could represent, inspiring a wave of others dedicated to using fashion as a means of sparking cultural change.
Westwood was born in 1941, in the village of Tintwistle, Derbyshire. Her parents, Gordon and Dora, had met two years previously at the onset of the Second World War. She was the eldest of three children, in a family far removed from the English elite: Gordon worked as a storekeeper in an aircraft factory while Dora helped make ends meet by working in a local cotton mill.
PAUL G ROBERTS - WRITER, FILM MAKER & ENTREPRENEUR Roberts is a media and marketing entrepreneur. He is also author, Screenwriter and Award winning Film Director. He has written, directed or overseen over 200 short films, and over a dozen feature films. The most recent of which have won many awards and international film festival recognitions. Including Best Documentary Short at Cannes 2022, and has published 40+ books that you can buy on Amazon books among other places. He is the owner and founder of the DESIRE GROUPE, which comprises media business Fashion Industry Broadcast. Film business Style Planet TV and Digital Agency DESIRE DIGITAL. As a prominent advertising Creative Director, Roberts has a close and personal relationship with the top global fashion brands and their imaging. Fashion photography and marketing are both areas where Roberts' has extensive knowledge and hands on creative experience.He is also a serial entrepreneur with an extensive track record creating and building world class brands and businesses. He is an authority on prestige brands, their branding and marketing. He is also a pioneering entrepreneur in global digital Content creation, Content marketing and eCommerce fields. He is also an internationally published author and film maker. AUTHOR CHARLIE O'BRIENA culture enthusiast with a deeply-held passion for the written word, Charlie O'Brien graduated from Griffith University with a Bachelors in Communication and the dedication to become a professional writer. Charlie worked in high fashion for over six years with esteemed international brands Ralph Lauren and Hugo Boss, making him the perfect fit for the fast-paced world of couture literature. He prefers the substance of timeless style over fleeting fashion trends and firmly believes all men look better in suits.When not writing about fashion Charlie can be found indulging his love of cinema, music and an eternal quest to find the greatest sandwich in the world. His most recent masterpiece involved beef cheeks, Swiss cheese and pesto on toasted sourdough.
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