Fashion Quotes by Vivienne Westwood

Fasion is about eventually becoming naked.

— Vivienne Westwood

My clothes are very popular in Japan.

— Vivienne Westwood

The best fashion accessory is a book.

— Vivienne Westwood

I'm a fashion designer and people think, what do I know?

— Vivienne Westwood

The sexiest people are thinkers.

— Vivienne Westwood

In history people dressed much better than we do today.

— Vivienne Westwood

If you wear clothes that don't suit you, you're a fashion victim. You have to wear clothes that make you look better.

— Vivienne Westwood

I never look at fashion magazines. I find them incredibly boring.

— Vivienne Westwood

Fashion is life-enhancing and I think it's a lovely, generous thing to do for other people

— Vivienne Westwood

Fashion has become so whatever. I don't think there are any stones left to unturn.

— Vivienne Westwood

I just think people should invest in the world. Don't invest in fashion, but invest in the world.

— Vivienne Westwood

Fashion is very important. It is life-enhancing and, like everything that gives pleasure, it is worth doing well.

— Vivienne Westwood

I didn't want to be a fashion designer, and for a good half of my career I didn't like it. I always…

— Vivienne Westwood

If you dress up, it helps your personality to emerge - if you choose well.

— Vivienne Westwood

Liverpool people are famous for liking clothes and fashion; they are very social and lively people, and we know that they like…

— Vivienne Westwood

I'm not sure what I think about current fashion, though. A few years ago, I would have said it's really, really bad…

— Vivienne Westwood

In the 18th century, if women wanted to travel and they dressed as a man, people would not look twice. Your clothes…

— Vivienne Westwood

Well, I'm very much a literary person. And my fashion always tells a story somehow. I never look at fashion magazines. I…

— Vivienne Westwood

It's true the punk fashion itself was iconographic: rips and dirt, safety pins, zips, slogans, and hairstyles. These motifs were so iconic…

— Vivienne Westwood

I just use fashion as an excuse to talk about politics. Because I'm a fashion designer, it gives me a voice, which…

— Vivienne Westwood

I don't care if you get up in the morning and don't wash, don't put any make-up on, don't do your hair,…

— Vivienne Westwood

My clothes have a story. They have an identity. They have a character and a purpose. That's why they become classics. Because…

— Vivienne Westwood

I didn't consider myself a fashion designer at all at the time of punk. I was just using fashion as a way…

— Vivienne Westwood

I don't feel very comfortable defending my fashion except to say that people don't have to buy it. You do have to…

— Vivienne Westwood

I talk to fashion designers and say I want some money to save the rainforest, and they say, 'Oh, I agree with…

— Vivienne Westwood

I never look at fashion magazines. I find them incredibly boring. To me, reading a fashion magazine is the last thing I…

— Vivienne Westwood

Shoes must have very high heels and platforms to put women's beauty on a pedestal.

— Vivienne Westwood

My fashion advice is to have a flattering mirror and then forget about it.

— Vivienne Westwood

I don't care how many beauty treatments you have, I don't care which bag you're carrying - you have to have a…

— Vivienne Westwood

I very rarely watch my own fashion shows, but the makeup for my Fall 2011 show was just brilliant.

— Vivienne Westwood

The only reason I'm in fashion is to destroy the word conformity.

— Vivienne Westwood

Journalists are usually quite jealous people, especially of intellectuals who are supposed to be in fashion.

— Vivienne Westwood

I wish you didn't have to design so often. Try to do quality and cut down on quantity. I think fashion is…

— Vivienne Westwood

My son has followed fashion since he was a punk. He and I agree that fashion is about sex.

— Vivienne Westwood

I urge everyone to be trendsetters for Azza Suleiman. Let's make it one fashion which everyone will want to follow.

— Vivienne Westwood

To me, reading a fashion magazine is the last thing I need to do. I've got books I need to read.

— Vivienne Westwood

You have a more interesting life if you wear impressive clothes.

— Vivienne Westwood

If you're too big to fit into fashion, then you just have to do your own fashion.

— Vivienne Westwood

I am attracted to people who make this effort in knowing what suits them - they are individual and stylish.

— Vivienne Westwood

I am always trying to find fabrics that are more friendly to the environment - working with Virgin Atlantic, they managed to…

— Vivienne Westwood