Above: the Vivienne Westwood shop in the Kings Road – “World’s End”. Although Vivienne Westwood is usually associated with the 1970s, she did some of her most influential work in the early 1980s, developing the “new romantic” look (Kim is drawing parallels between Westwood’s “new romantics” in the 1980s and Dior’s “new look” in the 1940s). In particular Vivienne Westwood designed for Adam And The Ants.
Above: Vivienne Westwood c1987 – make-up by Paul Starr, hair by Kevin Ryan.
Vivienne Westwood pirate design: http://www.fashion-era.com/images/1960-80/west300x20a.jpg
More: http://www.vam.ac.uk/vastatic/microsites/1231_vivienne_westwood/changing_styles_7.html
And today at the V&A: http://www.vam.ac.uk/collections/fashion/fashion_motion/westwood/index.html
I don't think anyone takes Adam and the Ants seriously these days, but they have to be seen within the context of their time: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=wtxuPqjSJDc
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