He's so passionate about fashion that over the years he's just really taken over all the experimental stuff, he's just taken over and I've had to follow him and he calls me his muse, obviously I'm interfering and doing a few things as well ... And I just thought it's time that the public understood the truth of it. I think he's the greatest designer in the world.

Vivienne Westwood

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My clothes have a story. They have an identity. They have a character and a purpose. That's why they become classics. Because they keep on telling a story. They are still telling it.

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Buy less. Choose well. Make it last. Quality, not quantity. Everybody's buying far too many clothes.

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I'm not trying to do something different, I'm trying to do the same thing but in a different way

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The fight is no longer between the classes or between rich and poor but between the idiots and the eco-conscious.

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idiot fighting class

You have a more interesting life if you wear impressive clothes.

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It's a philosophy of life. A practice. If you do this, something will change, what will change is that you will change, your life will change, and if you can change you, you can perhaps change the world.

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The only reason I'm in fashion is to destroy the word conformity.

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Buy less, choose well: that's the maxim. Quality not quantity. That's the most environmentally friendly thing you can do.

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Fashion is very important. It is life-enhancing and, like everything that gives pleasure, it is worth doing well.

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The sexiest people are thinkers. Nobody's interested in somebody who's just vain with a hole in their head, talking about the latest thing - there is no latest thing. It's all rubbish.

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I am attracted to people who make this effort in knowing what suits them - they are individual and stylish.

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If you wear clothes that don't suit you, you're a fashion victim. You have to wear clothes that make you look better.

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You've got to invest in the world, you've got to read, you've got to go to art galleries, you've got to find out the names of plants. You've got to start to love the world and know about the whole genius of the human race. We're amazing people.

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Art should never be sociological; it has got to be timeless. It's got to be your vision and how you can represent the world you see.

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vision world art

It's true the punk fashion itself was iconographic: rips and dirt, safety pins, zips, slogans, and hairstyles. These motifs were so iconic in themselves - motifs of rebellion.

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Intelligence is composed mostly of imagination, insight, things that have nothing to do with reason.

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The most erotic zone is the imagination.

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erotic zone imagination

I’m not terribly interested in beauty. What touches me is someone who understands herself.

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I do have reasons for what I do. I am a very political person, and I really think if you put these clothes on, you will look like a force to be reckoned with.

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I just use fashion as an excuse to talk about politics. Because I'm a fashion designer, it gives me a voice, which is really good.

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