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War and Peace‘The Collection has 3 main influences: China, because I hope their traditional wisdom and experience from a culture going back to Confucious may help us to save the planet; the desert because of climate change; and 17th century corsets.The desert inspired me to look at the Berbers with their burnouts and the Tuaregs with their layers and their sunlight blue. There is a lot of black, indigo and copper fabrics plus whites. Something I always do is mix up historical dress with ethnic clothes and new shapes or it could be a torn scrap of dress worn with court shoes and a chic handbag.’ Vivienne Westwood
VIVIENNE WESTWOOD, 'WAR AND PEACE' COLLECTION, SPRING-SUMMER 2012
A BRONZE 'CALYPSO' DRESS
Details
VIVIENNE WESTWOOD,
'WAR AND PEACE' COLLECTION,
SPRING-SUMMER 2012
A BRONZE 'CALYPSO' DRESS
With raw, inverted seaming and bubble top, Gold Label, with additional adhesive label inscribed 'SS 2012, LOOK NUMBER 35'
'WAR AND PEACE' COLLECTION,
SPRING-SUMMER 2012
A BRONZE 'CALYPSO' DRESS
With raw, inverted seaming and bubble top, Gold Label, with additional adhesive label inscribed 'SS 2012, LOOK NUMBER 35'
Literature
V. Westwood, Get a Life: The Diaries of Vivienne Westwood, London, 2016, cover and p. 410, illustrated.
A. Fury, Vivienne Westwood Catwalk: The Complete Collections, London, 2021, p. 530, identical model illustrated.
A. Fury, Vivienne Westwood Catwalk: The Complete Collections, London, 2021, p. 530, identical model illustrated.
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).
