After a successful runway show at London Fashion Week, Vivienne Westwood has spoken out about consumerism. Read this interesting article below that we found in The Huffington Post…
LONDON - One-of-a-kind designer Vivienne Westwood Sunday night presented a gorgeous collection of autumn and winter outfits at London Fashion Week, then went backstage and told reporters she hopes people stop buying her clothes.
"Stop all this consumerism," said Westwood, the former high priestess of punk who has increasingly used her catwalk shows to spotlight her concern about climate change.
"I just tell people, stop buying clothes. Why not protect this gift of life while we have it? I don't take the attitude that destruction is inevitable. Some of us would like to stop that and help people survive," she said.
Her show capped a gala day at London Fashion Week, with shows by Matthew Williamson, Jasper Conran and other top designers.
Long one of Britain's most celebrated designers, Westwood said she wants to try other challenges, including a television series on art and science after she shows her Gold Label collection in Paris next month.
She was in an enviable position: Her new collection had brought the house down, supermodel Kate Moss – in a black top, tight jeans and black leather cap – was waiting to congratulate her, and the audience of adoring fans included singer Janet Jackson and model Naomi Campbell.
The eclectic Red Label collection, which Westwood called romantic, began with models wearing tee
shirts designed to call attention to the crisis in Haiti, in hopes of raising money for Campbell's effort to help mothers and babies displaced by the earthquake there.
Then it moved quickly into Westwood's special realm, a mixture of odd pairings that combined some traditional elements with looks that were new and different. One outfit mixed brightly colored plaid trousers with a polka dot blouse in orange and red – somehow, it worked.
There were mustard-colored tops and tuxedo-style jackets with pink details, Alice in Wonderland hats, and one model came out wearing an apron, sharpening a knife somewhat menacingly as she walked. Some of the most effective pieces were the simpler ones, including an elegant black cocktail dress that closed the show.
"The great thing about Vivienne is that you can wear her clothes if you're 16 or 60," said Jo Wood, a supermodel in an earlier era who recently returned to the catwalk to model for Westwood. "She's fantastic."
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