Vivienne Westwood Sale

Westwood was born Vivienne Isabel Swire in the village of Tintwistle, Cheshire on 8 April 1941.In 1958,She studied silver-smithing at Harrow School of Art,After taking up a job in a factory and studying at a teacher-training college, she became a primary school teacher. During this period, she created her own jewellery, which she sold at a stall on Portobello Road.While she continued teaching and simultaneously making jewelry, this led to her discovering design when she met Malcom McLaren who became a major inspiration to her designs in Punk Fashion.Westwood created clothes which McLaren conceived, drawing inspiration from bikers, fetishists and prostitutes.