Iconoclastic British designer rose to prominence by outfitting the Sex Pistols as punk took off in the 1970s
, the pioneering British fashion designer who played a key role in the punk movement, has died in London at the age of 81.
Born in the Derbyshire village of Tintwistle in 1941, Westwood’s family moved to London in 1957, where she attended art school for one term. A self-taught designer with no formal fashion training, Westwood learned how to make clothes as a teenager by following patterns and by taking apart secondhand clothes she found at markets in order to understand the cut and construction.in the 1960s while working as a primary school teacher after separating from her first husband, Derek Westwood.
Westwood’s first catwalk show, in 1981, for her Pirates collection, was an important step in the punk rebel becoming one of the fashion world’s most celebrated stars. But she still found ways to shock: her Statue of Liberty corset in 1987 is credited as starting the “underwear as outerwear” trend.
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