Once again I have just been flicking through all my fashion magazines and been browsing the internet's style websites in search of sartorial inspiration. This time I stopped at
Vivienne Westwood- the crazy yet immensely creative ' Grand Dame of Punk'. Although (meanwhile even knighted)
Dame Westwood started at some point of her career to scarily resemble her most hated adversary during the Punk heydays of the 1970's: UK's controversial ' Iron Lady' MP
Margaret Thatcher, she stayed true to her unconventional and mega liberal attitude towards politics, environment and of course her amazing design work.
Although I really admire her and I know that her collection reached cult status especially in Japan. Fashion's 'beautifuls' are spending enormous amounts of money for vintage pieces which are treated almost like religious icons and I think, there are even special collector's magazines out which just deal with vintage
Westwood- just amazing for a fashion brand!
Yet the label was always a bit to much for my taste. Brilliantly designed but some times I think there is too much drama going on, especially in regards to her men's fashion. But not this time- not for AW 2012. For this winter season
Westwood created a collection which really is very much wearable yet still showing all the designers love for intricate patterns, asymmetry and fascinating& suprising ways of pattern cutting. Yet she managed this time to skin down her ideas to the essentials although still keeping a wide variety of
VW staples from suits to jeans knits.
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| Vivienne Westwood AW 2012- wearable yet quirky and stylish as Westwood should be! |
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| Vivienne Westwood AW2012- asymmetric cuts on formal suit jackets is very much Westwood's design language |
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| Vivienne Westwood AW 2012- street style influences are obvious and lightening up the collection which is, although a lot of formal wear and suits were shown, definitely not a historical collection. |
The collection might be much more wearable then many earlier collections, yet always count on Dame Viv's eccentricity and surprise factor. The collection was inspired by David Attenboroughs series '
Frozen Planet'. The models strutted down the catwalk with frozen blue lips and and icicles dangling down their beards reminding us that
Westwood's further thoughts lead her to all those amazing 19th century gentleman explorers who some even wore tweed in order to fight off - 50 degrees Celsius with sometimes unfortunate deadly consequences....
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| Vivienne Westwood AW2012- frost bitten lips and iced beards- Westwood's style suggestion for the fashionistos going to explore stylish Norway or Greenland? |
I hope I might have started an interest in you for
Vivienne Westwood's AW12 collection, and as usual, I had a look around for you to find some of my favorite pieces from the collection from a good e- retailer. In my experience well edited independent boutiques like
Jules B which also sell on the internet, are an excellent alternative in regards to the selection and very often to the price of the big department stores. So here we go- my selection is as followed:
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| Vivienne Westwood AW12- Blue Feather Print T-Shirt ( from a selection by Jules B online ) |
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| Vivienne Westwood AW12- Brown Kaban Wax Utility Jacket ( from a selection by Jules B online ) |
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| Vivienne Westwood AW12- Blue Logo Sweat Pants ( from a selection by Jules B online ) |
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| Vivienne Westwood AW12- Red Merino Wool Double V-Neck Jumper ( from a selection by Jules B online ) |
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| Vivienne Westwood AW12- White Striped Orb Shirt ( from a selection by Jules B online ) |
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| Vivienne Westwood AW12- Grey Wool Check Blazer ( from a selection by Jules B online ) |
I always try to give you, my readers, inspiration, yet of course, feel free have a look yourselves at
Jules B brilliant selection of
Vievienne Westwood AW12 items on their
Westwood page. ...and discover also the other uber- chic
contemporary brands Jules B has to offer.
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