Sunday, 25 October 2009

Reading 1 (Vivienne Westwood)


I read about Vivienne Westood works(collections), Life, political involment and many more.

She started her business with Malcom Mclaren. In 1981 her brand got famous. I like that she has two colours that show her style. Pink and Gold are a Westwood combination. She also works with Jo Campos (multimedia designer) and she has a team that its around 10 people
and they help her to convert her ideas. She always knows what she wants.
I think its right that graphics feed the fashion. I like the way she has her own vocabulary of symbols and all of them mean something to her customers. For example ORB (Westwood lexicon) part of the traditional british heritage held by queen. The symbol (ORB) used on knitwear , accessories, fragrance and handbags.
This symbol is much copied in Korea and Kuwait.
She has so many symbols such as pan, the young foun , he is half-devil , half-angle and there is a frame name on ornate traditional gilt frame that shows the present and the past.
She has two other lables in the westwood stable; Man and Anglomania. it's a historical inspiration in her clothes.
Anglomania collection designed to contaminate the ideas of the street and sportswear lines of Tommy Hilfiger and Calvin Klein. Vivienne Westwood managed to create a graphic identity all through collections.
for Vivienne it's necessary that the brand is always about creativity.
I like her works and the symbols that she use. I think her works are unique and inspiring. I often get inspired by her works.







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