John Levett on the Viv Westwood retrospective…
There’s a telling quote early on: I didn’t know how a working-class girl like me could possibly make a living in the art world. This was around 1957 when she spent a term at Harrow Art College. The quote is telling because it neatly sums up Britain in the 50s, class-bound (& don’t let anyone tell you it isn’t any more), Empire-hanging-on, still hanging the war around its neck like a talisman (& that still hasn’t gone away). As for working in fashion, well your mum might have worked in a cotton mill & your dad might be a shoemaker, but that was as close to fashion as you got.
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