Vivienne Westwood, provocative British fashion designer, dies at 81

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Vivienne Westwood, provocative British fashion designer, dies at 81
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Vivien Westwood was a style icon for half a century. She transitioned from urban streetwear to couture fashion, helping dress London punk rockers with ripped shirts and safety pins before introducing flamboyant pirate shirts and petticoats in the 1980s.

Ms. Westwood transitioned from urban streetwear to couture fashion, helping dress London punk rockers like the Sex Pistols with ripped shirts and safety pins before introducing flamboyant pirate shirts and petticoats in the 1980s.

She later experimented with corsets and pinstripe tailoring, creating designs that were exhibited in museums around the world, while also making headlines for promoting nuclear disarmament, vegetarianism and efforts to fight climate change.

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