Vivienne Westwood Is Dead — Read Her Obituary

Designer Vivienne Westwood died Thursday in London, her firm’s Twitter feed introduced. She was 81.

The acclaimed designer and activist died “peacefully and surrounded by her household, in Clapham, South London,” the account tweeted. “The world wants folks like Vivienne to make a change for the higher.” The message additionally included a quote from Westwood: “Tao religious system. There was by no means extra want for the Tao right this moment. Tao provides you a sense that you just belong to the cosmos and offers objective to your life; it provides you such a way of identification and power to know you’re dwelling the life you may dwell and due to this fact should be dwelling: Make full use of your character and full use of your life on Earth.”

Westwood’s vogue profession bought underway in earnest on the punk scene in Nineteen Seventies London, and her collections influenced bands just like the Intercourse Pistols and Siouxie and the Banshees.

She additionally was the designer behind the gown Carrie wore to her almost-wedding with Large within the first Intercourse and the Metropolis film, which was launched in 2008. Per Vogue: “The Cloud gown was first seen within the model’s Gold Label 2007-08 assortment and was re-designed by the designer particularly for the character. The corset high was created in gold-backed ivory silk-satin duchess and the skirt from meters of ivory silk Radzimir taffeta, creating an exaggerated silhouette, nipped-in waist and a pointed sculptural bust.” (All of which held up fairly properly as Carrie beat Large together with her bouquet in entrance of the New York Public Library.)

As well as, Westwood’s costuming work additionally included designing Miss Piggy’s wedding ceremony robe within the 2014 movie Muppets Most Needed.