Vivienne Westwood Margaret Thatcher
One of the most striking 1980s covers was of designer vivienne westwood who dressed as margaret thatcher with a headline that read this woman was once a punk alongside the words april fool.
Vivienne westwood margaret thatcher. Tatlers cover depicted thatcher above the headline this woman was once a punk. 31 oct 2019 vivienne westwood dressed as the then prime minister margaret thatcher on tatler s april 1989 cover with house prices falling and hemlines rising the second half of the 2010s has seen a curious much commented upon eighties encore. As befits the punk who once appeared on a 1989 cover of tatler dressed as margaret thatcher vivienne westwood is clearly not the type to be afraid of going against the grain.
New season menswear womenswear and accessories now available on the online shop. Her father was a cobbler while her mother helped the family keep. Born vivienne isabel swire on april 8 1941 in the english town of glossop in derbyshire westwood came from humble beginnings.
Confusing vivienne westwood for margaret thatcher is an unlikely mistake to make but in his homemade lockdown look book and film andreas kronthaler gave dame viv such a powerfully iron lady coif. Shop vivienne westwoods latest designer collections on the official site today. Westwood came to public notice when she made clothes for malcolm mclarens boutique in the kings road which became known as sextheir ability to synthesise clothing and music shaped the.
Dame vivienne isabel westwood dbe rdi nee swire. But the thatcher it depicted was played by vivienne westwood for their april fool edition a designer whose.