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Vivienne Westwood, described here as godmother of punk rock, has been making fashion history for over 40 years: starting out at 430 King's Road in London, her small rockabilly clothing boutique became the birthplace of The Sex Pistols before she turned it into her infamous SEX shop, and from there she started the punk fashion revolution. Since 1993, Westwood has paid a contemporary homage to her classic style with her collection Anglomania, encompassing the look of 1970s London, rebellious youth and traditional British heritage-wear, delivering anarchy with an elegant haute couture twist.
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Godmother of punk rock, Vivienne Westwood has been making fashion history for over 40 years. Starting out at 430 King’s Road in London this small rockabilly clothing boutique became the birthplace of The Sex Pistols before Westwood turned it into her infamous SEX shop selling bondage gear. From here, Westwood started the punk fashion revolution.
Since 1993, Westwood has paid a contemporary homage to her classic style with her collection Anglomania. Encompassing the look of 1970s London, rebellious youth and traditional British heritage-wear Anglomania delivers anarchy with an elegant haute couture twist by taking inspiration from 18th Century France and English countryside charm.
Recently updated to suit the high street, Westwood’s Anglomania collection originally borrowed designs from historical garments and echoed early Dior by using billowing silhouette’s and fine tailoring. Today Westwood demonstrates a sophisticated mix of formal and casual-wear using luxurious silks, sheers, wools, leathers and jersey cotton.
Key pieces include luxurious metallic dresses with draped necklines and asymmetric hems. Her printed dresses also feature Baroque inspired painting designs, complimented a cascading, lightweight fabric.
Thick woollen skirts in traditional tartans also give an unusual, quirky twist to an outfit whilst pirate-style jackets with replicate Westwood’s 1980s new romantic look. Think bespoke tailoring and exotic shapes.
Westwood has also collaborated with shoe designers Melissa for her Anglomania collection featuring eco-friendly vegan plastic shoes in a fun selection of colours and styles which are easier on your wallet.
Anglomania presents versions of Vivienne Westwood’s greatest hits in a more cost-friendly and wearable collection featuring eccentric designs perfect for fashion lovers, art fans, extroverts and trend setters.
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Anglomania works as a translation line. The main collections carry Westwood's full historical experimentation — billowing silhouettes and fine tailoring echoing early Dior, designs borrowed from historical garments — while Anglomania restates those greatest hits in a more cost-friendly, wearable form aimed at the high street: fashion lovers, art fans, extroverts and trend setters, in the description carried on this page. The Melissa collaboration extends the same logic to footwear: eco-friendly vegan plastic shoes in fun colours and styles, easier on the wallet than the main line, designed with the specialist plastic-shoe maker. The punk term in this directory is the natural companion reading, because Anglomania's rebellion is quoted rather than raw — it cites the SEX shop and Sex Pistols era rather than repeating it, mixing the bondage-shop attitude with tartan heritage cloth and 18th-century French draping until anarchy and haute couture read as one style.
Vivienne Westwood's collection, presented since 1993 as a contemporary homage to her classic style. It encompasses 1970s London, rebellious youth and traditional British heritage-wear, taking inspiration from 18th-century France and English countryside charm, and presents versions of Westwood's greatest hits in a more cost-friendly and wearable form.
At 430 King's Road in London. The small rockabilly clothing boutique there became the birthplace of The Sex Pistols before Westwood turned it into her infamous SEX shop selling bondage gear, from where she started the punk fashion revolution.
Luxurious metallic dresses with draped necklines and asymmetric hems, printed dresses with Baroque-inspired painting designs, thick woollen skirts in traditional tartans, and pirate-style jackets that replicate Westwood's 1980s new romantic look — bespoke tailoring and exotic shapes in silks, sheers, wools, leathers and jersey cotton.