Vivienne Westwood by Caroline Young - ISBN: 9781786751720
Hardcover
Punk rebel, fashion icon: Vivienne Westwood’s outrageous style defined a generation.

Vivienne Westwood

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  • Hardcover

    224 pages

  • Release Date

    26 August 2025

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Summary

From punk provocateur to celebrity couturier, Vivienne Westwood was one of the most influential artists of recent times. A true original who used clothes to express her ethos, often fusing anti-establishment values with high-end, corseted visuals.

As an emerging designer in the seventies, Westwood, together with her then-partner Malcolm McLaren, was a key architect of the anarchic aesthetic known as punk, worn most notably by McLaren’s band the Sex Pistols. Safety pins, ripped clothes…

Book Details

ISBN-13:9781786751720
ISBN-10:1786751720
Author:Caroline Young
Publisher:Gemini Books Group Ltd
Imprint:Gemini Gift
Format:Hardcover
Number of Pages:224
Release Date:26 August 2025
Weight:1.20kg
Dimensions:24mm x 221mm x 282mm
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Vivienne Westwood by Caroline Young - ISBN: 9781786751720
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‘A spirited and richly illustrated stylish tribute’ * Voice Mag *

About The Author

Caroline Young

Caroline Young is a writer and author specialising in popular culture, fashion, and film history. She has written a number of celebrated books, including Style Tribes: The Fashion of Subcultures, Living with Coco Chanel, and Hitchcock’s Heroines. This is her first book for Gemini Editions.

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