Fashion designer Vivienne Westwood has died in London at the age of 81
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Westwood enjoyed a long career highlighted by a series of triumphant parades in London, Paris, Milan and New York.
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British fashion designer Vivienne Westwood poses at a visit to her “Retrospective” exhibition at the NRW-Forum in Duesseldorf, Germany in 2006. The exhibition shows the 34-year-old fashion of punk icon Westwood. Credit:Photo by Martin Meissner/AP
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Malcolm McLaren and Vivienne Westwood at the height of the British punk scene in 1977.Credit:media
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Vivienne Westwood looks through the glass at the media during a photo shoot to celebrate her 30 years in the fashion industry, in a retrospective exhibition at London’s Victoria and Albert Museum in 2004. Westwood, who began by designing T-shirts for the era punk, is associated with the British punk band “The Sex Pistols”. On the right, a poster she designed with the title of the song “Anarchy in the UK” by the Sex Pistols. Credit:Photo by Alastair Grant/AP
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Vivenne Westwood walks the runway at the Vivenne Westwood show during London Fashion Week Men’s June 2017 Collections on June 12, 2017 in London, England. (Photo by Tristan Fewings)Credit:Tristan Fewings/Getty Images
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Dame Vivienne Westwood is suspended 10ft inside a giant birdcage at a Julian Assange protest at the Old Bailey in London, England. Credit:Gareth Cattermole/Getty Images
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Wikileaks editor-in-chief Kristinn Hrafnsson, Julian Assange’s father John Shipton and fashion designer Vivienne Westwood march together on February 22, 2020 in London, England. Protesters against the UK government’s intention to extradite WikiLeaks founder Julian Assange to the US marched from Australia House to Parliament Square.Credit:Hollie Adams/Getty Images
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Andreas Kronthaler, Dame Vivienne Westwood and a model walk the runway at the Fashion For Relief charity fashion show to kick off London Fashion Week Autumn/Winter 2015/16 at Somerset House in 2015 in London, England. The Fashion For Relief show is in support of Ebola, raising funds and awareness for the Disaster Emergency Committee: Ebola Crisis Appeal and the Ebola Survival Fund. Credit:Ian Gavan/fake images
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Fashion designer Vivienne Westwood with a model before her Red Label show during London Fashion Week Spring/Summer 2016 in London, England. Credit:Tristan Fewings/Getty Images
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Vivienne Westwood walks the runway after her Vivienne Westwood Red Label show during London Fashion Week Autumn/Winter 2015/16 at the Science Museum in London, England. Credit:Ian Gavan/fake images
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British fashion designer Vivienne Westwood outside Bow Street Magistrate Court where she is facing a breach of peace case. Credit:Peter Cade/Getty Images
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Fashion designer Vivienne Westwood walks the runway during the Vivienne Westwood show as part of Paris Fashion Week Womenswear Fall/Winter 2014-2015 in Paris, France. Credit:Francois Durand/Getty Images
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A model wears a creation as part of the Vivienne Westwood Ready To Wear Fall/Winter 2022-2023 fashion collection, presented during Paris Fashion Week on Saturday, March 5, 2022. Credit:Vianney Le Caer/Invision/AP
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Canadian actress Pamela Anderson, left, and British fashion designer Vivienne Westwood appear on the catwalk following the Westwood Fall-Winter 2009-2010 ready-to-wear collection presentation in Paris. Credit:Francois Mori/AP Photo
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Designer Vivienne Westwood looks at her rehearsal show during London Fashion Week, in London, 2010. Designers are showing their Spring/Summer 2011 collections. Credit:Photo by Joel Ryan/AP
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Vivienne Westwood is seen on the catwalk for the Vivienne Westwood show finale during London Fashion Week Men’s January 2017 Collections at the Seymour Leisure Center in London, England. Credit:Jeff Spicer/Getty Images
