A COTTON DRESS WITH PRINTED 'PROPAGANDA' MODESTY PANEL AND APRON WITH BLUE AND WHITE STRIPED BLOUSE

Gary Ness walked into my shop, riveting, chain-smoking elegance. He wanted to paint my portrait, but we never got round to it. He was a scholar and a heretic; he directed my reading. Introduced me to Chinese painting and the ballet. Petrushka: doll turning en pointe to Stravinsky’s music. I was still a punk, but I thought I’m going to use that crini for a rainy day...The biggest influence on my life bar none, was Gary Ness. He worked for many years on a book, ‘Who the Fuck Needs Art’ by Phyllis Stein, which was never completed. Vivienne Westwood (V. Westwood and I. Kelly, Vivienne Westwood, London, 2014, p.p. 298) - The title is quoted on the apron of this lot. Gary Ness was the major intellectual influence on Vivienne after Malcolm Mclaren and before she met her husband and creative partner Andreas Kronthaler.