Paris: Doyenne of British design Vivienne Westwood, who melded music and fashion together to help define punk and brought rebellious politics to the catwalk, died on Thursday aged 81, her family said.
Westwood made provocation itself into an art form -- from the leather bondage gear she popularized in the 1970s to the time she went without underwear to Buckingham Palace to receive her damehood from the late Queen Elizabeth II.
In this file photo taken on July 21, 2020 British designer Vivienne Westwood gestures from inside a ginat bird-cage, suspeneded off the ground, in front Of the Old Bailey in central London, in protest of the extradition trial of Wikileaks founder Julian Assange. British fashion designer Vivienne Westwood died in London on December 29, 2022 at the age of 81, her family said. Vivienne Westwood died today, peacefully and surrounded by her family, in Clapham, South London. The world needs people like Vivienne to make a change for the better, her fashion label's Twitter account said. AFP FILE PHOTO
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