Vivienne Westwood Vivienne Isabel Swire was born in Derbyshire on 8th April 1941 to Gordon and Dora Swire who were greengrocers. She left grammar school aged 16 and moved to London with her family. There Vivienne attended Harrow Art School and studied fashion and silversmithing‚ but left after one term quoting “I didn’t know how a working-class girl like me could possibly make a living in the art world”. I think this is a very normal statement for an artist to make as all of them have had doubts
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Introduction: We are here today because we have been asked to conduct a strategic analysis of the Vivienne Westwood Company and to provide our expertise regarding the strategic direction of the company. We will be presenting you with our findings and our recommendations for a possible change in strategy from which we believe the company can benefit. As you are aware‚ the Vivienne Westwood Company is a widely successful fashion brand‚ with a yearly revenue of over £20m. The brand is considered
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Designer Report Vivienne Westwood Vivienne Westwood‚ born on April 8 1941 is a British fashion Designer and businesswoman‚ largely responsible for bringing modern punk and new wave fashions into the mainstream. (Price) Westwood was born Vivienne Isabel Swire in the village of Tintwistle Derbyshire‚ daughter of Gordon Swire and Dora Swire. At age 17‚ Vivienne and her family moved to Harrow‚ London. She studied at the Harrow School of Art University of Westminster‚ taking fashion and silversmithing
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VIVIENNE WESTWOOD…… (THE TALK) * Vivienne Westwood British fashion designer and business woman largely responsible for bringing modern punk into the main stream. * In 1971‚ she opened a shop with her boy friend Malcolm McLaren called “let it rock” at 430 Kings Road. They sold brothel creeper shoes and draped jacket. Her inspiration was the 50’s music and clothing. * In 1972‚ the shop was rebranded with skull and crossbones and renamed as “Too fast to live‚ too young to die”. The
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Alexander McQueen Born in the east end in 1970‚ Alexander McQueen was to become the most influential designer in British fashion. Influencing the high heeled shoe right through to suit tailoring‚ his extensive knowledge changed the face of contemporary fashion. Growing up in a council flat in Stratham‚ Lee McQueen lived with his taxi driver father and science teacher mother. Dropping out of school at age 16‚ McQueen devoted himself entirely to British fashion. Saville Row tailors Anderson and
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Fashion Fundamentals Final Paper Christian Dior and Alexander McQueen There are many designers in the fashion industry. Few make some kind of an impact on fashion but most designers rarely have any impact at all. It is truly a once in a generation that designer comes along and completely alters the fashion universe and becomes a legend. Two examples of fashion designers that are this rare are Christian Dior and Alexander McQueen. Christian Dior’s life span was before mine but his great
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Jane Wang Second draft research paper Jul 30h‚ 2012 Alexander McQueen “Creativity is a very fragile thing‚ and Lee was very fragile‚” said the milliner Philip Treacy‚ who had worked with Alexander McQueen. McQueen‚ a British genius fashion designer creating a large amount of provocative works in last two decades‚ committed a suicide because of the suicide of Isabella Blow and the loss of his mother‚ who were two important supporters of his design (Wilson 89)
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pieces revealing a naked Michelle Olley covered in moths. The image (above‚ figure 8)‚ was based on a piece by American photographer Joel-Peter Witkin. Alexander McQueen not only used his heritage as inspiration but other artists. This specific collection just comes to show the extent to how extreme and broad fashion can be. McQueen’s legacy Alexander McQueen’s suicide in 2010 did not mean an end to his influence. On the contrary‚ it has only developed further from there. His name still holds an immense
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December 15‚ 2012 Alexander McQueen Alexander McQueen was born March 17‚ 1969 in Lewisham‚ London. He was the youngest of six children. He knew he wanted to be a fashion designer when he started making dresses for his three sisters at a young age. He left school at 16 to go on an apprenticeship with Savile Row where he earned his reputation in the fashion world. He attended Central Saint Martins College of Art and Design and earned a masters degree in fashion design. McQueen has been credited
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The British fashion designer and couturier Alexander McQueen has also been influential to me. McQueen was known for his theatrical‚ dark and extravagant work. For several seasons‚ he created series of pattern on pattern suits. Pattern on pattern work is seen in Watchmen and Schnick Schnack Jungle. Schnick Schnack Jungle is made up of found objects which I connected together to create original miniature sculptures. I then painted a repetitive pattern composed of many different sizes. This has the
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