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Vivienne Westwood

By: Vivienne Westwood, Ian Kelly
Narrated by: Paula Wilcox
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Vivienne Westwood is one of the icons of our age. Fashion designer, activist, co-creator of punk, global brand and grandmother; a true legend. Her career successfully spanned five decades and her work has influenced millions of people across the world.

For the first and only time, Vivienne Westwood has written a personal memoir, collaborating with award-winning biographer Ian Kelly, to describe the events, people and ideas that shaped her extraordinary life.

Told in all its glamour and glory, and with her unique voice, unexpected perspective and passionate honesty, this is her story.

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Would you consider the audio edition of Vivienne Westwood to be better than the print version?

The narrator was so good, often I thought I was listening to Vivienne Westwood speaking.

Who was your favorite character and why?

Vivienne's tales of hard graft, fashion and revolution is utterly compelling.

Was this a book you wanted to listen to all in one sitting?

Yep. I didn't listen to the radio for a week. At the very least this is a really interesting tale, with shocks and laughs aplenty. I also found the messages in the story to be invigorating and an invitation to value my own brain and feed it with better quality information and ideas.

The only obvious down side is in an audio version there are no pictures, but the descriptions of her buffalo phase and pirates collection are quite visual anyway.

Any additional comments?

It's ace. Go for it.

Compelling and inspiring

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I re-lived parts of my youth and learned how hard someone has to work to truly make a difference and to be different. As Picasso famously said - Inspiration will find you working' Vivienne is the epitome of this. She has lived, always, in the now and has never been distracted by the nonsense of the machine and it grinding sloth.
I learned so much about climate change, illegal imprisonments, the stupidity of government and why current economics is to blame for the destruction of our beautiful environments. She uses the example of a chicken to illustrate this - she makes it so simple.
This book is intelligent, insightful, funny, moving and illuminating. Vivienne is a bright star.
Thank you Vivienne. Until now, I have had only one hero in my life and now, I have two.

Life-changing

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If you could sum up Vivienne Westwood in three words, what would they be?

Inspirational, Talented, Genuine

What was one of the most memorable moments of Vivienne Westwood?

How Much she had achieved from nothing

Which character – as performed by Paula Wilcox – was your favourite?

all very good

Did you have an emotional reaction to this book? Did it make you laugh or cry?

made me laugh

Any additional comments?

defiantly worth a read, well a listen

Amazing story and not just about Fashion

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A woman that has the power to wow shock and exhilarated the population of the world!! 100% read again and again....

inspiring!!

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interesting ,learned a lot about westwood ,and journey through culture .very enjoyable book. thumbs up

enjoyable

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