A memorial service to the world-famous designer Vivienne Westwood is taking place this afternoon at Southwark Cathedral.
Dame Vivienne Westwood died on December 29 at her home in Clapham aged 81 and will be remembered today at Southwark Cathedral service at 2 pm.
This private memorial service is expected to be a star-studded affair attended by supermodels and fashion designers.
Most known for bringing modern punk and new wave fashions into the mainstream, she worked as a fashion designer and businesswoman for over sixty years. She even designed the academic gowns for King’s College, which has many sites in Southwark.
Before that, she was a primary school teacher but carried on designing on the side. She and her second husband, Malcolm McClaren designed clothes for the band McClaren managed at the time, The Sex Pistols.
Westwood was very political and didn’t ever shy away from campaigning for causes she felt strongly about, including climate change and women’s rights.
Born in Derbyshire, she moved to London in 1958 and later to Clapham where she settled for over fifty years.
After her passing, Clapham locals took to her doorstep and left notes and flowers, with many of her neighbours saying what a ‘joy’ it was to see her around the area, including during lockdown clapping outside her house.
Westwood leaves behind a legacy of breaking boundaries and putting her values into everything she made.
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