PRS_045 London, Vivienne Westwood Gold Label, 2012-2013
Corset and skirt, embroidered glass beads on silk.
Her entire life, Vivienne Westwood masterfully blended a sense of provocative eccentricity with a perfect understanding of both social and cultural codes, promoting subjects of importance to her, from the punk movement to ecology. Her passion for the 18th century was apparent early on, providing the inspiration for designs that imbue the body with power and sensuality, which she constantly combined with more multicultural refe- rences. This design embodies this repertoire, conjuring up the lampas, or sumptuous textured fabrics from the era of Louis XV, infused with a bit of glam rock.
Louvre Couture, Objets d'art, objets de mode
Musée du Louvre Paris
PRS_045 London, Vivienne Westwood Gold Label, 2012-2013
Corset and skirt, embroidered glass beads on silk.
Her entire life, Vivienne Westwood masterfully blended a sense of provocative eccentricity with a perfect understanding of both social and cultural codes, promoting subjects of importance to her, from the punk movement to ecology. Her passion for the 18th century was apparent early on, providing the inspiration for designs that imbue the body with power and sensuality, which she constantly combined with more multicultural refe- rences. This design embodies this repertoire, conjuring up the lampas, or sumptuous textured fabrics from the era of Louis XV, infused with a bit of glam rock.
Louvre Couture, Objets d'art, objets de mode
Musée du Louvre Paris