Customer Reviews
Sea, Sun and Piracy - By: Mr. S. Swift, 19 Sep 2006 
This is a gorgeous,sumptuous book. It works precisely because it let's Vivienne's clothes speak for themselves. The full page glossy pictures of the most influential designer of the 20th Century almost make you salivate. I used to shop at World's End & wore the original Pirate range, but even then I'd still forgotten just how stunning it was. If you are interestedin fashion, music, history, art, literature, anarchy & chaos, then this is for you.
worth it!! - By: Sakura, 08 Jun 2005 If like me, you are fascinated by Vivienne westwood's achievementsin fashion then you wont be disappointed. This book was released to accompany the V&A exhibition last year, which was fantastic. I orginially intended to buy this book at the exhibition as a souvenir of the wonderful show, however i lacked the money at the time & was over the moon when i found it on amazon.
The book itself, is better than any of the attempts at writing a decent biography of her career. This is because of the huge contribution westwood made towards the book, which includes pictures from her own collection- & most notably the foreward at the beginning from the designer herself. She worked closely with clare wilcox, who organised the V&A exhibition so she knows her stuff!
And so it begins with the foreward, then a concise history of her career. From her childhood where she made her own clothes, to her punk days with mclaren & onto the present day.
The vast majority of the book is made up of pictures/photos of her much of her collections up to the present day.
It is such an amazing book, i like to flick through it every now & then to draw some inspiration from this truly amazing designer.
