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Tied To The Mast 'Talking of English Pirates we may think of the age of the first Queen Elizabeth and perhaps now go back to the Europe into which she was born. This is where my collection begins. Once I had introduced a few nautical references, I seem to have let the sea roll into the whole collection – it worked its changes and left a weathered patina over what now remains. I was Tied to the Mast and the clothes underwent a sea change. On a sailing ship when the tempest arose, everything had to be tied down or be washed away; the women and children were brought on deck and tied to the mast for the safety of their lives and the sea engulfed them in a relentless near-drowning which might end in death. Soaked to the soul at the bottom of a black universe, her existence returned to her with the astonishing calm, she felt blood move deep inside the frozen flesh, joy entered her heart and she stopped shivering…With the drying air came the glory of warmth and stickiness in her hair and clothes until she revelled in drying! In air and salt and every grain of sand on her skin.'Vivienne Westwood
VIVIENNE WESTWOOD, 'TIED TO THE MAST' COLLECTION, SPRING-SUMMER 1998
A THREE PIECE ENSEMBLE COMPRISING A BLUE DAMASK JACKET, STRIPED TAFFETA SKIRT AND FUCHSIA JERSEY VEST
Details
VIVIENNE WESTWOOD,
'TIED TO THE MAST' COLLECTION,
SPRING-SUMMER 1998
A THREE PIECE ENSEMBLE COMPRISING A BLUE DAMASK JACKET, STRIPED TAFFETA SKIRT AND FUCHSIA JERSEY VEST
The jacket with pinked raw edged fringes, sloping peplum, white pearly 'Orb' buttons; the candy-striped skirt in pink and cream; the vest decorated with diamanté, Gold Label
'TIED TO THE MAST' COLLECTION,
SPRING-SUMMER 1998
A THREE PIECE ENSEMBLE COMPRISING A BLUE DAMASK JACKET, STRIPED TAFFETA SKIRT AND FUCHSIA JERSEY VEST
The jacket with pinked raw edged fringes, sloping peplum, white pearly 'Orb' buttons; the candy-striped skirt in pink and cream; the vest decorated with diamanté, Gold Label
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).
