Vivienne Westwood

Description:

This biography follows the working-class, provincial schoolteacher from Derbyshire who, untrained in either design or dressmaking, progressed from dressing up the Punk Rock movement in bondage to negotiating with the most prestigious culture house, Christian Dior, to become its designer-in-chief.

subjects: Biography,  Costume design,  Fashion designers,  History,  Women fashion designers,  Women, biography

People: Vivienne Westwood (1941-)

Places: England

Times: 20th century