Vivienne Westwood Quotes About Punk
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It's true the punk fashion itself was iconographic: rips and dirt, safety pins, zips, slogans, and hairstyles. These motifs were so iconic in themselves - motifs of rebellion.
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When we started to do punk, we put all of these things together to create the look of an urban guerrilla - a rebel.
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I was the first person to have a punk rock hairstyle.
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I didn't consider myself a fashion designer at all at the time of punk. I was just using fashion as a way to express my resistance and to be rebellious. I came from the country, and by the time I got to London, I considered myself to be very stupid. It was my ambition to understand the world I live in.
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I was a punk before it got its name. I had that hairstyle and purple lipstick.
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I was so upset with what was going on in the world. I just couldn't stand the idea of being people tortured and that we even had such a thing as war. I hated the older generation, who had not done anything about it. Punk was a call-to-arms for me.
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I don't think punk fashion is a specter or overemphasized - it made a big impression, as there had never been anything like it before.
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My son has followed fashion since he was a punk. He and I agree that fashion is about sex.
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