Vivienne Westwood: 5 Things About The British Fashion Designer Dead At 81

• Vivienne Westwood was a satellite celebrated manner designer.
• She had a immense interaction connected the manner industry.
• Vivienne passed distant ‘peacefully’ connected December 29, 2022.

Dame Vivienne Westwood, legendary British manner designer, has passed away, according to her authoritative Twitter account. “29th December 2022,” a connection read. “Vivienne Westwood died today, peacefully and surrounded by her family, successful Clapham, South London. The satellite needs radical similar Vivienne to marque a alteration for the better.”

Dame Vivienne Westwood (Richard Young/Shutterstock)

No authoritative origin of decease was given, but the household besides posted a snapshot of Vivienne and a saccharine message. “Dame Vivienne Westwood, Designer & Activist — 8th April 1941 ~ 29th December 2022,” it work alongside a reproduction of her distinctive signature. “‘Tao spiritual system. There was ne'er much request for the Tao today. Tao gives you a feeling that you beryllium to the cosmos and gives intent to your life; it gives you specified a consciousness of individuality and spot to cognize you’re surviving the beingness you tin unrecorded and truthful ought to beryllium living: marque afloat usage of your quality and afloat usage of your beingness connected earth.'” ~ Vivienne Westwood.

Here are 5 things to cognize astir Dame Vivienne Westwood arsenic the manner satellite mourns her death.

She’s British.

Not lone is Vivienne Westwood (born Vivienne Isabel Swire) British, she’s besides been decorated! The precocious designer’s accomplishments successful manner were considered truthful profound that she was honored with an OBE by the precocious Queen Elizabeth II successful 1992 astatine Buckingham Palace. Dame Vivienne famously brought her manner crippled to the upscale event, wearing thing but sheer tights nether her skirt, which she twirled for photographers. “I wished to amusement disconnected my outfit by twirling the skirt,” she reportedly told The Independent in 2001 astir the incident. “It did not hap to maine that, arsenic the photographers were practically connected their knees, the effect would beryllium much glamorous than I expected. I person heard that the representation amused the Queen.”

The grant was aboriginal upgraded to DBE successful 2006 for “services to fashion.”

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