Vivienne's Vision

With Westwood's passing just days before the year 2023, there was much anxiety about what this meant for the future of the brand . Would the brand stay true to its punk influences and continue to be ground breaking? The answer to this question appears to be yes. Her husband, Andreas Kronthaler , has become the creative director for the brand. They have worked jointly on the designs for the brand since the 1990s, so he, of all people, seems to understand what makes the brand i

In 2010, Vivienne Westwood began making products for their brand in Kenyan villages . Westwood understood that the clothing and jewelry she makes can have a dramatic positive impact on people's lives by providing them a job, which she thought was more valuable than charity. Giving people living in rural Kenya a job, in her opinion, gave them autonomy and independence over their lives while charity just kept them dependent. She also noted that climate change was the biggest is

Vivienne Westwood created The Vivienne Foundation in 2019 to help support causes she felt passionate about. It is not surprising as throughout her fashion career, Westwood has been open about her views on different policies. She did the most punk thing of all, show that she never stopped caring and did all the way up until her passing. The foundation was built to help support four main causes which she was most passionate about : fighting climate change, stopping war, defend

In 2005, Vivienne Westwood released the Propaganda Collection in response to the London bombings . She wanted to make the public think critically about the government's anti-terrorism campaign and reveal how the legislation was just a publicity stunt for them and would infringe on personal rights of the people. One of the dresses in particular was meant to raise awareness about the war in Iraq, and to think of the innocent people being targeted there. The collection featured