Vivienne Westwood

1. You will need to select a fashion designer who has made a significant contribution to the fashion world. There is a list of suggested designers

2. You need to provide biographical information such as dates, education nationality, where they did the majority of their work, what influenced and motivated them anh what is their legacy

3. You need to write about what it is about their work that you like

4. Pick 3 icon looks from the designer's career and explain why they are important

5. Compare the designer to another designer from the same period. What are the key  differences

Vivienne Westwood

She was born as Vivienne Isabel Swire in Tintwistle, Derbyshire to Gordon Swire, a greengrocer and storekeeper and Dora Swire. She graduated from the Glossop Grammar School and in 1958, when her family relocated to London; she attended the Harrow School of Art at Westminster University, where she studied fashion and silversmithing for a term, after which she dropped out of college. After leaving college, she went on to work at a factory and later attended a teachers training college and subsequently became a primary school teacher. A prestigious academic institution. She was approached by Patricia Rawlings, Baroness Rawlings, then Chairperson of King's College London after King's successfully petitioned the Privy Council for its own right to award degree-awarding powers in its own right. In 2008, the Westwood-designed academic dresses for King's College London have been unveiled. Westwood received an Honorary Doctorate from Heriot-Watt University in 2008, she was made a Doctor of Letters at the campus in Galashiels for her contribution to the industry and use of Scottish textiles.