Lot Essay
Vivienne Westwood was photographed wearing this necklace for a Swatch Watch campaign, 1993, in Vivienne’s hand is the Pop Swatch Orb Design, illustrated.
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Portrait‘I wanted the look of a model who’d just stepped out of a portrait. I put her on a pedestal in super platforms. Through the gamut and ending in the canvas itself, where the Stature of Liberty was now printed with Boucher’s Shepherd watching a Sleeping Shepherdess, and where stretch velvet was printed with designs from furniture in the Wallace Collection. I introduced the giant dropdown pearl earring. It was incredibly hard to source, but within three months they were in every department store.’Vivienne Westwood
VIVIENNE WESTWOOD, 'PORTRAIT' COLLECTION, AUTUMN-WINTER 1990 / 91
A THREE STRAND FAUX-PEARL THREE STRAND NECKLACE AND MATCHING EARRINGS
Details
VIVIENNE WESTWOOD, 'PORTRAIT' COLLECTION, AUTUMN-WINTER 1990 / 91
A THREE STRAND FAUX-PEARL THREE STRAND NECKLACE AND MATCHING EARRINGS
The necklace and earrings with 'Orb' pendants with faux 'baroque' pearl drops
A THREE STRAND FAUX-PEARL THREE STRAND NECKLACE AND MATCHING EARRINGS
The necklace and earrings with 'Orb' pendants with faux 'baroque' pearl drops
Further details
The Estate of Vivienne Westwood will donate 100% of the total hammer proceeds received for the sale of her personal wardrobe, less auction expenses, to be split equally between The Vivienne Foundation, Médecins Sans Frontières (a charity registered in England and Wales with charity number 1026588) and Amnesty International (registered in England and Wales with charity number 1051681).