STYLE

style@palatinate.org.uk iconic moments including Naomi Campbell taking a tumble in a pair of purple nine-inch platform heels in 1993, and Kate Moss licking an ice-cream while strutting topless down the catwalk in 1995.

Despite looking increasingly to history and tradition for creative inspiration, Westwood’s acutely political, rebellious streak never waned. For her 1989 Tatler cover, she dressed as Margaret Thatcher in the very suit ordered by the PM herself, with a headline in ransom note letters which read ‘this woman was once a punk’- a move which got the then-editor sacked. “This cover for Tatler was blown up on billboards during London Fashion Week- even I had to look twice to believe it was me”, Westwood reflected in 2012.

The 2000s seemed like something of a punk maverick renaissance for Vivienne Westwood Contempt for government and power dominated her attitude to fashion as she rediscovered its potential as an activist’s tool.