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Jan 2023

47m 54s

Vivienne Westwood, an interview with Ale...

About this episode

In late December 2022, fashion lost one of its greats. In part one of this two-part episode, Alexander Fury joins us to explore the life and career of Vivienne Westwood from her early years as a kindergarten teacher in the 1960s to her surprising about-face to become one of the defining creative voices in the UK punk scene during the 1970s.

RECOMMENDED READING:

Fury, Alexander. Vivienne Westwood: Catwalk. New Haven: Yale University Press, 2021.

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