Westwood Bound

Vivienne Westwood’s inspired and inspiring fashion introduced new forms of beauty and ripped-up British identity

Obscene to the crude, sophisticated to the refined, Dame Vivienne Westwood is remembered as one of the boldest proponents of the Punk aesthetic. Her political T-shirts — featuring provocative slogans, crucifixes collaged with swastikas, gay cowboys, satanic union flags, ripped up royalty, and the like — were sure to amuse your friends and antagonize your enemies. As a bonus, you could get yourself arrested just for…