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VIVIENNE WESTWOOD, 'PROPAGANDA' COLLECTION, SPRING-SUMMER 2005⁄06
VIVIENNE WESTWOOD, 'PROPAGANDA' COLLECTION, SPRING-SUMMER 2005⁄06
VIVIENNE WESTWOOD, 'PROPAGANDA' COLLECTION, SPRING-SUMMER 2005⁄06
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VIVIENNE WESTWOOD, 'PROPAGANDA' COLLECTION, SPRING-SUMMER 2005⁄06
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VIVIENNE WESTWOOD, 'PROPAGANDA' COLLECTION, AUTUMN-WINTER 2005 / 06

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

Details
VIVIENNE WESTWOOD,
'PROPAGANDA' COLLECTION,
AUTUMN-WINTER 2005 / 06
A COTTON DRESS WITH PRINTED 'PROPAGANDA' MODESTY PANEL AND APRON WITH BLUE AND WHITE STRIPED BLOUSE
Printed with slogans such as 'NINSDOL' (Nationalist Idolatry, Non-Stop Distraction, Organised Lying) and 'Who the Fuck Needs Art?', Gold Label
Literature
A. Fury, Vivienne Westwood Catwalk: The Complete Collections, London, 2021, p. 479, 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).
Sale room notice
This lot was made in Autumn-Winter 2005/06, and not Spring-Summer 2005/06 as published in the printed catalogue.

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Lot Essay

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.

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