Lot Essay
A model wears the identical look on the runway, illustrated.
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ANGLOPHILIA‘In 1977, on Queen Elizabeth II’s Silver Jubilee (marking her 25 years on the throne), VivienneWestwood was piercing images of the British monarch with safety pins and helping the SexPistols launch their anti-royalist single ‘God Save the Queen’… Coinciding with the Golden Jubilee of 2002, however, Westwood staged a show titled ‘Anglophilia’, unicorn and lion rampant ona giant standard fluttering at the back of the catwalk and clothes inspired by royal courtsof the past. Sleeves were cut double, slashed open and tied back together with trailing ribbonsto give a sense of the unfinished or the undone; tweeds clashed with rich brocades in a subduedpalette. The proudly curved cut of those sleeves – a silhouette Westwood had, at this point,explored for a number of seasons – recalled the dress of Holbein portraits.’Alexander Fury, Vivienne Westwood Catwalk
VIVIENNE WESTWOOD, 'ANGLOPHILIA' COLLECTION, AUTUMN-WINTER 2002 / 03
AN ENSEMBLE WITH BOLERO, SKIRT AND BLOUSE
Details
VIVIENNE WESTWOOD,
'ANGLOPHILIA' COLLECTION,
AUTUMN-WINTER 2002 / 03
AN ENSEMBLE WITH BOLERO, SKIRT AND BLOUSE
The tweed bolero with slashed printed viscose sleeves; the skirt of felted brown striped wool; the blouse blue, black and yellow striped burgundy cotton, Gold Label
'ANGLOPHILIA' COLLECTION,
AUTUMN-WINTER 2002 / 03
AN ENSEMBLE WITH BOLERO, SKIRT AND BLOUSE
The tweed bolero with slashed printed viscose sleeves; the skirt of felted brown striped wool; the blouse blue, black and yellow striped burgundy cotton, Gold Label
Literature
C. Wilcox, Vivienne Westwood, London, 2004, p. 200, illustrated.
A. Fury, Vivienne Westwood Catwalk: The Complete Collections, London, 2021, p. 452, identical model illustrated.
A. Fury, Vivienne Westwood Catwalk: The Complete Collections, London, 2021, p. 452, 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).