307 Quotes by Vivienne Westwood

What changed our lives forever was when Malcolm had the idea to sell rock ’n roll records to trendy customers.

I wish you didn’t have to design so often. Try to do quality and cut down on quantity. I think fashion is very, very important.

When I first saw a picture of the crucifixion, I lost respect for my parents. I suddenly realised that this is what the adult world is like – full of cruelty and hypocrisy.

There is no hierarchy of values any more. Real progress is due mainly to human genius, and that’s rare, and usually stems from a real elite, from a hierarchy.

In Italy they take cheap cloth and make it look expensive, but I take expensive cloth and make it look cheap. They just don’t understand.

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

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

It’s better to look important than sexy.

I think some people would love to be able to make the clothes I make – and of course, I do influence them, but they keep simplifying, and minimalism doesn’t quite work.