Dame Vivienne Westwood
(1941-2022), Fashion designerDame Vivienne Isabel Westwood
Sitter in 20 portraits
Vivienne Isabel Swire was born in Derbyshire and moved to London with her family when she was 17. Her first career was as a primary school teacher but left in 1971 to form a partnership with Malcolm McLaren, manager of the Sex Pistols, (1946-2010). Together they opened a boutique on King's Road called Let it Rock which sold 'Teddy Boy' clothes. By 1974 the shop had been renamed Sex and Westwood began to sell her designs which would define the look of the punk movement. McLaren and Westwood's first catwalk show staged in 1981. Westwood was named Designer of the Year in 1990 and 1991 and her career to date was celebrated with a retrospective exhibition at the Victoria and Albert Museum in 2004.
by Jane Bown
bromide print, 1999
NPG P758(9)
by Mario Testino
chromogenic print, 1999
NPG P1022
Vivienne Westwood No.1, London 2009 (Dame Vivienne Westwood)
by Juergen Teller
chromogenic print, 2009
NPG P1981
Vivienne In Her Garden, London 2014 (Dame Vivienne Westwood)
by Juergen Teller
chromogenic print, 2014
On display in Room 30 on Floor 1 at the National Portrait Gallery
NPG P1980
acrylic on paper collaged on panels, 2021-2022
On display in Room 33 on Floor 0 at the National Portrait Gallery
NPG 7145
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Dame Vivienne Westwood; Joseph Corré
by Laurie Lewis
chromogenic print, 1985
NPG x136302
by Philip Sayer
colour print from original transparency, 1987
NPG x76416
by Angus McBean
chromogenic print, 1988
NPG x128899
by Alastair Thain
toned bromide fibre print, 1988
NPG x45104
by Anne-Katrin Purkiss
bromide fibre print, December 1992
NPG x47119
by Derry Moore, 12th Earl of Drogheda
digital chromogenic print, 1996
NPG x126319
Dame Vivienne Westwood as Elizabeth I
by Gian Paolo Barbieri
archival digital print, 1997
NPG x131334
Cora Corré; Dame Vivienne Westwood
by Johnnie Shand Kydd
bromide fibre print, 1998
NPG x87738
by Kevin Mackintosh
chromogenic print, 2001
NPG x125279
Cora Corré; Dame Vivienne Westwood
by Kevin Mackintosh
chromogenic print, 2001
NPG x125278
by Bryan Adams
chromogenic print, 20 February 2008
NPG x131986
by Hanna Moon
chromogenic print, May 2018
On display in Room 31 on Floor 1 at the National Portrait Gallery
NPG x202601
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