Vivienne Westwood once described herself as ''Messianic about Punk''. Her quest was to ''put a spoke in the system in some way". Punk shoved the uncomfortable end of a safety pin into John Lyndon's nasal tissue while Vivienne made her own mark by bucking trends and shocking the masses with punk-infused attire and accessories much of which was influenced ironically by 200 year old Elizabethan Enlightenment and gentry wear. Just that her versions were ripped to shreds and pinned together again. Oh and with bigger gold buttons stitched on. Others of have periodically gatecrashed British fashion with varying degrees of success (Shami Ahmed of Joe Bloggs fame springs to mind), but somehow Westwood has remained relevant expanding her empire to Asia and Japan in particular where her name is virtually part of youth vocabulary. Despite her vast wealth resources Westwood lived in the same council flat in Clapham for over 20 years until in 2000 when she was persuaded by her toyboy to move into a Gothic-like Queen Anne style house built in 1703, which once belonged to the mother of Captain Cook. Seems like a perfectly logical move up the property ladder to me.
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