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Vivienne Westwood
- Narrated by: Paula Wilcox
- Length: 13 hrs and 45 mins
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Summary
Vivienne Westwood is one of the icons of our age. Fashion designer, activist, co-creator of punk, global brand and grandmother; a true legend. Her career successfully spanned five decades and her work has influenced millions of people across the world.
For the first and only time, Vivienne Westwood has written a personal memoir, collaborating with award-winning biographer Ian Kelly, to describe the events, people and ideas that shaped her extraordinary life.
Told in all its glamour and glory, and with her unique voice, unexpected perspective and passionate honesty, this is her story.
Critic reviews
"Kelly, a deft biographer, has already written studies of Beau Brummell and Casanova; he is thus a perfect match for the Enlightenment figure Vivienne Westwood aspires to be. The book is billed “as told to”, but one gets the impression it was one long rant, careering off on an uproarious picaresque romp through Westwood’s wild life." (Paperback Review, The Daily Telegraph)
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- Helliemoo
- 17-01-24
A fascinating insight into the life of the Queen of fashion
A thorough and informative account of the extraordinary life of a remarkable woman that makes you feel very proud to be British.
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- Natalie O’Brien
- 24-01-23
Amazing
Loved this book, such a personal insight into a truly fascinating life. Narration was as if Vivienne was really speaking her parts. Would highly recommend.
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- Mrs C Hutchinson
- 17-05-23
What a treat!
This was a fascinating insight into a life well lived. An amazing woman who has left her mark on not just the world of fashion but the planet. Loved it.
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- Lindsey
- 05-02-23
I absolutely loved it
I connected with this on so many levels. I'm definitely going to listen to it again.
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- Stephanie johnson
- 20-12-19
insightful and inspiring
Love Vivienne and her story. She's remarkable and the narration really felt like it captured the highlights of Vivienne's history and believes !
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- rebecca
- 06-11-23
Amazing
Amazing story very inspiring to do something that helps change the world we live in into a better place.
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- J Salisbury
- 30-12-22
Icon
I started reading this book and Vivienne was alive and I finished it and she had sadly passed. RIP Vivienne.
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- Damageink
- 03-01-15
It's like nana viv is reading
Great book well read by Paula Wilcox
It really is like sitting down and having Vivienne tell you the story herself.
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- S. J. Bell
- 01-07-22
Enlightening
Thoroughly enjoyed this book. Found Vivienne as a person and the history around her work interesting. Also enjoyed her process in design.
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- Miss E J Bertenshaw
- 21-10-14
Compelling and inspiring
Would you consider the audio edition of Vivienne Westwood to be better than the print version?
The narrator was so good, often I thought I was listening to Vivienne Westwood speaking.
Who was your favorite character and why?
Vivienne's tales of hard graft, fashion and revolution is utterly compelling.
Was this a book you wanted to listen to all in one sitting?
Yep. I didn't listen to the radio for a week. At the very least this is a really interesting tale, with shocks and laughs aplenty. I also found the messages in the story to be invigorating and an invitation to value my own brain and feed it with better quality information and ideas.
The only obvious down side is in an audio version there are no pictures, but the descriptions of her buffalo phase and pirates collection are quite visual anyway.
Any additional comments?
It's ace. Go for it.
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