VIVIENNE WESTWOOD,
'ACTIVE RESISTANCE TO PROPAGANDA' COLLECTION,
SPRING-SUMMER 2006

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Active Resistance To PropagandaAs with her Pagan series of collections almost twenty years prior, Vivienne Westwood decided to expand and develop an idea beyond a single seasonal statement: ‘Propaganda’ became ‘Active Resistance to Propaganda’, a new AR graphic introduced as a counterpart to the Propaganda print…Westwood printed garments with a hand-drawn love-heart and a sweetly written refrain: I am not a terrorist. Please don’t arrest me. The designs were a stand against the anti-terror legislation then proposed by the British government’. Alexander Fury, Vivienne Westwood Catwalk

VIVIENNE WESTWOOD, 'ACTIVE RESISTANCE TO PROPAGANDA' COLLECTION, SPRING-SUMMER 2006

THE DBE DRESS - A CAPED BLACK POLKA DOT COTTON DRAPED GOWN

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VIVIENNE WESTWOOD,
'ACTIVE RESISTANCE TO PROPAGANDA' COLLECTION,
SPRING-SUMMER 2006
THE DBE DRESS - A CAPED BLACK POLKA DOT COTTON DRAPED GOWN
The sleeveless bodice draped asymmetrically to one shoulder and to the hip, with a striped pink taffeta inner dress, the cape of loosely woven cotton mesh, Gold Label

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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).

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Vivienne Westwood was made an Officer of the Order of the British Empire (OBE) in 1992 and advanced to Dame Commander of the Order of the British Empire (DBE) in 2006. In 2006, His Majesty King Charles III, then HRH The Prince Charles, Prince of Wales, bestowed the honour, creating Vivienne Westwood as Dame Commander of the British Empire in recognition of her services to fashion, she wore this dress for the occasion. She had previously received an O.B.E. from Her Majesty Queen Elizabeth II in 1992, when Vivienne was famously caught unawares when photographed by the press from a low angle swirling knickerless in tailored grey wool skirt suit outside the Grand entrance in the inner courtyard of Buckingham Palace. I wished to show off my outfit by twirling the skirt. It did not occur to me that, as the photographers were practically on their knees, the result would be more glamorous than I expected… Vivienne Westwood

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