There’s this idea that somehow you’ve got to keep changing things, and as often as possible. Maybe if people just decided not to buy anything for a while, they’d get a chance to think about what they wanted; what they really liked. Vivienne Westwood More Quotes by Vivienne Westwood More Quotes From Vivienne Westwood In the morning, I practice 15 minutes of yoga. Vivienne Westwood yoga practice morning I am always trying to find fabrics that are more friendly to the environment - working with Virgin Atlantic, they managed to research into this and find more eco fabrics. Vivienne Westwood fabric always-trying friendly If Mrs Merkel wants to wear Westwood, I can promise that I will design clothes for her that will make her look chic, refined and influential. Vivienne Westwood clothes design promise It is extremely difficult to say how long the process actually took to finally achieve my fragrance, Boudoir, because there was a lot of time waiting around for other people. Vivienne Westwood waiting-around long people I haven't told anyone this before, but when I was a teenager... I actually thought I was turning into a boy, and I didn't really care. It didn't bother me at all. Vivienne Westwood teenager care boys The main message we want to get out there is that climate change is caused by the rotten economic system. Vivienne Westwood rotten climate want I'm a fashion designer and people think, what do I know? Vivienne Westwood fashion people thinking I wish you didn't have to design so often. Try to do quality and cut down on quantity. I think fashion is very, very important. Vivienne Westwood fashion cutting thinking When I was a little girl you used to learn to sew all the holes in things, darning socks, but nobody mends things anymore. Vivienne Westwood used girl littles I just think people should invest in the world. Don't invest in fashion, but invest in the world. Vivienne Westwood fashion people thinking Economists treat economics as if it is a pure science divorced from the facts of life. The result of this false accountancy is a willful confusion under cover of which industry wreaks its havoc scot-free and ignores the environmental cost. Vivienne Westwood environmental cost confusion I have considered voting Conservative because I am so against the Labour party. Vivienne Westwood conservative voting party We moved into the back, made it into a little 50s sitting room and started to sell the records. We had an immediate success. For one thing, these Teddy Boys were thrilled to buy the records. Vivienne Westwood artist success boys Britishness is just a way of putting things together and a certain don't care attitude about clothes. You don't care, you just do it and it looks great. Vivienne Westwood clothes together attitude But, having a perfume and license, in general, is a financial necessity. A designer must, to reap back the money spent on prototypes and all that sort of thing. Vivienne Westwood financial money artist But, the thing is, since I always had my own little shop and direct access to the public, I've been able to build up a technique without marketing people ever telling me what the public wants. Vivienne Westwood marketing technique people What changed our lives forever was when Malcolm had the idea to sell rock 'n roll records to trendy customers. Vivienne Westwood rocks forever ideas The arts have only ever interested a small minority of people, which acted as a kind of nursery to support artists. Vivienne Westwood support people art I've got a terrible memory; it's probably because I'm always concentrating on what I'm doing now. Vivienne Westwood concentrating terrible memories If we didn't have the Chinese buying things, we'd be on the floor. Vivienne Westwood buying-things chinese buying
