Vivienne Westwood, punk queen turned fashion dame, 81, has died | Life

Doyenne of British design Vivienne Westwood, who melded music and fashion together to help define punk and brought rebellious politics to the catwalk, died on Thursday aged 81, her family said. | News24Arts

In a statement quoted by the PA news agency, her husband and creative partner Andreas Kronthaler said:"We have been working until the end, and she has given me plenty of things to get on with. Thank you darling."

And she held on to her edge even as she was embraced by the establishment, thanks largely to her energetic activism for environmental causes. Together, they opened a clothing store on London's King's Road that became the epicentre of the punk movement. Her first proper fashion show came in 1981. Remembered as the Pirate Collection, it was an instant hit, modelled as much on Native Americans as nautical miscreants.

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