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 Vivienne
Westwood
by Claire Wilcox
Buy Vivienne Westwood
from Amazon.co.uk
or from Amazon.com.
 Vivienne
Westwood has been one of the most influential fashion designers
of the last 30 years.
This new book has been published
to complement the Victoria
& Albert (V&A) Museum's major exhibtion which
runs from 1st April to 11th July 2004.
The author, Claire Wilcox,
opens the book with a discussion of Westwood's career from
its beginning. She chronicles the innovations that the designer
brought to clothes and there are plenty of quotations from
Vivienne Westwood. Talking about introducing the mini-crinoline
she says,
"For the last ten
years clothes have had shoulder-pads and tight hips —
that's supposed to be the sexy look ...but I think people
want a more feminine fitting.... These dresses give you
balletic posture and are very, very elegant."
This is one of the most interesting
parts of the text, reading what was in Westwood's mind when
she designed some of her most original and trend setting
clothes.
The main part of the book
is devoted to full page colour plates of the clothes, some
beautiful or elegant some downright startling. Laid out
in chronological order and, seeing the changes over the
years, is particularly fascinating.
This book is an absolute
essential for anybody who loves fashion and design. Beautifully
and comprehensively illustrated, it will soon become a fast
favourite.
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Quick
Facts
Title: Vivienne
Westwood
Author:
Claire Wilcox
Publisher: V&A
Publications
ISBN: 1851774068
Binding: Hardback
Publication Date: March
2004
Number of Pages: 224
Price: £30
All information relates to
the UK edition.
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