my ultimate girl crush...

i luv vivienne westwood. i would marry vivienne westwood if she asked me to. which is huge, cuz i like boys. a lot.




throughout the past 10 years or so i have periodically "run into" ms. westwood repeatedly, including that time i was listening to "harajuku girls" by gwen stefani and got waaaaaay too excited to hear a viv shout-out. i swear, i was just meant to adore this woman!


                                                             

johnny rotten in the infamous
"destroy" shirt.

when i was 16 i fell into the punk rock music and culture of the 1970's and ran with it. my hair was perpetually ratted, ink black, bangs obscuring my vision. my mouth was a streak of crimson, a la robert smith. i  worshiped at the alter of the sex pistols, and of course vivienne was there. her collaborations with malcolm mclaren for their store let it rock (later named "sex", "too fast to live, too young to die", and "worlds end", respectively.) are legendaary among punkers. i wanted a "destroy" shirt. so. bad.

sid vicious in seditionaries. adore.

i was amazed that such intense, sometimes pornographic, always controversial designs were created by a woman. it blew my mind then, and still totally does. <3

seditionaries era t-shirt.

i need this.
vivienne westwood armour ring, $315
viviennewestwood.co.uk

kanon of an cafe. <3

my next run in with viv came about after i became interested in japanese rock bands. by this point vivienne westwood had all but completely fallen off my radar until i saw the armour ring that kanon from an cafe, the bassist from one of my favorite japanese bands, was wearing. i was in luv instantly. and then i wanted the ring (sorry, couldn't help it...). it set in even further when the guitarist from my other favorite japanese band (aoi of the GazettE) also wore the vivienne armour ring in several photo shoots. i still do not own this elusive ring (or the gorgeous guys who wear it). and i still really really want it... i shall have it some day. sigh.

aoi of the GazettE. i want. ;3 

nana osaki, wearing gorgeously
illustrated vivienne westwood... <3 x10

since developing a growing interest in japanese street fashion i have seen vivienne's name more and more- she's a huge deal in japan, for good reason obviously. but my adoration of her and her designs really reached new heights when i read the manga (japanese comic) nana. yes, i'm a nerd. luv me for it. it is by far my favorite comic ever, and it is crawling with vivienne westwood. one of the namesake characters, nana osaki, worships vivienne much in the same way i do. she wears her armour ring, rocks viv-tastic plaid jackets with ruffles... she's just epic. even the guitarist and bassist in her band rock vivienne! the author of the series, ai yazawa, is a vivienne fan and also incorporated her designs into another series, paradise kiss. 

arashi from paradise kiss wearing a seditionaries-type sweater...
his way cutie-cute girlfriend seems to be a bit viv as well no? ;3

vivienne westwood in seditionaries.

i think i got my point across pretty well. i luve vivienne westwood. and apparently i would marry her.
the end. <3