I talk to fashion designers and say I want some money to save the rainforest, and they say, 'Oh, I agree with you completely Vivienne. Yes, climate change, it's definitely happening,' but they don't feel that they can do anything about it; they don't even think 'Well let's stop it!'
I think that feminists have definitely underestimated the role that women have had historically. I think I would be insecure if I were to be a man; there's so much pressure on you.
I don't have faith in young people any more. I don't waste time trying to communicate with them.
I've got a real sense of three-dimensional geometry. I can look at a flat piece of fabric and know that if I put a slit in it and make some fabric travel around a square, then when you lift it up it will drape in a certain way, and I can feel how that will happen.
All that self-expression has just created a generation of morons, hooked on an endless appetite for rubbish.
I was the first person to have a punk rock hairstyle.
I haven't told anyone this before, but when I was a teenager... I actually thought I was turning into a boy, and I didn't really care. It didn't bother me at all.
Feminists wish women to seem like men. They're not men.
There's nowhere else like London. Nothing at all, anywhere.
I've got a terrible memory; it's probably because I'm always concentrating on what I'm doing now.
My fashion advice is to have a flattering mirror and then forget about it.
In history people dressed much better than we do today.
I don't feel comfortable defending my clothes. But if you've got the money to afford them, then buy something from me. Just don't buy too much.
When I first saw a picture of the crucifixion, I lost respect for my parents. I suddenly realised that this is what the adult world is like - full of cruelty and hypocrisy.
The muscular, athletic type is not representative of the human race, who are varied in their physique.
I do think if you aim for quality, it's not so much about consumerism. The idea is 'Buy less, choose well, make it last.'
Well, I'm very much a literary person. And my fashion always tells a story somehow. I never look at fashion magazines. I find them incredibly boring. To me, reading a fashion magazine is the last thing I need to do. I've got books I need to read.
If Mrs Merkel wants to wear Westwood, I can promise that I will design clothes for her that will make her look chic, refined and influential.
The thing that makes my clothes really different is that, number one, they are really great designs; they're not tacky; they are very professional; the design is made from lots of decisions.
I think it is terribly important to have opinions, and to think. We live in a world of action without thought.
I've always felt heroic about my life... As a child, I remember little girls in the playground moaning about how boys could do more than they could. I didn't think that was the case at all. My parents didn't treat me as a girl.
The migrants are not a temporary crisis. The crisis is mounting.
I was a punk before it got its name. I had that hairstyle and purple lipstick.
I think some people would love to be able to make the clothes I make - and of course, I do influence them, but they keep simplifying, and minimalism doesn't quite work
I'll tell you what I was like as a child. I was a good person. I was high-spirited but I was a big reader.
