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‘Vivienne Westwood tried to rewrite history and erase Malcolm McLaren’s fashion legacy’

It is finally time to set the record straight, says Young Kim

Evening Standard

Jamie Reid obituary

Artist whose unmistakable record sleeve designs contributed to the tumultuous impact of the Sex Pistols in the 1970s

The Guardian - UK

Jamie Reid, the artist who designed covers for Sex Pistols’ albums, dies aged 76

Reid, known to many for his ‘God Save the Queen’ artwork, helped curate the aesthetic of the punk rock era with his ransom note style

The Independent UK

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OPINION - Farewell Jamie Reid, punk visionary who captured the spirit of generation

Jamie Reid, who has just died at the age of 76, was as important to London as Big Ben or Guy Fawkes. As influential as Martin Amis or John Betjeman. His work was as iconic as any London portrait by Monet, Pissarro or Canaletto. This Croydon-born boy was a colossal…

Evening Standard

Jamie Reid the artist who designed covers for Sex Pistols’ albums dies

Reid, 76, helped curate the aesthetic of the punk rock era with his ransom note style.

The Independent UK

Jamie Reid obituary: the Sex Pistols collaborator who defined the punk aesthetic

The British artist and designer blazed a trail with his political, contemporary and confrontational work

Evening Standard

OPINION - The redeveloped Olympia must be everything Battersea is not

Recently I went to have a sneaky peek at the gargantuan new exhibition space down in Olympia. Over the years I’ve seen dozens of events there, and even attended a Vivienne Westwood fashion show, back when her partner Malcolm McLaren was alive — I remember him pacing up and down…

Evening Standard

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Sold! World’s biggest Vivienne Westwood collection goes up for auction

Corsets, pirates and iconic pieces of punk: 124 collectable lots from the late, great designer are set to go under the hammer this week

Evening Standard

"The Nice and ELP are, for me, where things went too far. Very good musicians don’t interest me. Proficiency blocks you off from real adventure": John Foxx on prog, punk and the problems of being a pioneer

For 50 years, John Foxx has been making genuinely progressive music that defies categorisation. "My plan was always to make every record different from the last,” he says.

Louder

Punks then and now: Midlands rebels carry the movement nearly 50 years on

‘Punk: Rage and Revolution’ brings the 1970s back to life in Leicester

The Independent UK

Malcolm McLaren’s Duck Rock at 40: the album that foretold today’s anything-goes pop

The 1983 LP introduced a generation to hip-hop and mashed up style – but by not crediting Black musicians, it was also cultural appropriation. Producer Trevor Horn recalls its creation

The Guardian - UK

From absurd dark humour to poignant emotional pull: why I deeply loved the music of Succession

Iconic television shows share unforgettable title sequences that have lived on as sonic calling cards we can quickly identify.

The Conversation

British star Monie Love talks old-school hip-hop, radio career and wild times with Prince

PITTSBURGH — Monie Love grew up 3,500 miles from the center of hip-hop, but the message the South Bronx was putting out reached her as a 12-year-old kid in London.

Tribune News Service

Sex Pistols icon's poignant role in Viviene Westwood's incredible career

Sex Pistol icon Glen Matlock discussed getting a Saturday job in Let It Rock, which soon became the iconic shop SEX which was launched by Vivienne Westwood

Daily Mirror

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The Guardian - UK

Tom Verlaine: Television’s perfectionist guitar genius always kept punk guessing

A hugely gifted and original musician, Verlaine kept up the exacting standards in his solo career

The Conversation

Fashion, sex and drag: Vivienne Westwood's queer legacy

I was 13 years old when I discovered Vivienne Westwood. The music came first. From the moment I heard the album Never Mind the Bollocks, Here’s the Sex Pistols, I was hooked. Within a few months, I was spending my pocket money on a knock-off Westwood design – tartan bondage…

The Independent UK

Vivienne Westwood: Grande dame of British fashion

The maverick designer who dressed the Sex Pistols and shook up the fashion world later used her platform to advocate for human rights and sustainable living

The Conversation

Vivienne Westwood: how the brand will maintain the spirit of transgression and rebellion after her death

The death of the English fashion designer Dame Vivienne Westwood at the age of 81 on December 29 2022, has not only moved the fashion industry, but the world. Through her designs and her activism, Westwood had a profound impact on fashion and culture.

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Manchester Evening News

God Save Our Queen: Vivienne Westwood's incredible life up North and the Manchester gallery that 'changed her life forever'

She carved her name as a fashion designer in London, but her Northern upbringing shaped her

Daily Mirror

Vivienne Westwood looks defiant with a raised fist in final photo from before her death

Iconic fashion designer Vivienne Westwood was photographed in one of her own designs in the final photo taken weeks before her death

Daily Mirror

Vivienne Westwood's husbands and kids - including son who torched £5million punk archive

Vivienne Westwood died at the age of 81 after a long and incredible career as one of Britain's most successful fashion designers. The so-called 'grandmother of punk's' private life was just as chaotic as her incredible creations

The Independent UK

From corsets to conservation: How Vivienne Westwood broke boundaries in fashion

The designer was known for her focus on the environment and subversion of gender norms.

Asharq Al-Awsat

Vivienne Westwood, Britain’s Provocative Dame of Fashion, Dead at 81

As the person who dressed the Sex Pistols, Vivienne Westwood, who died on Thursday at the age of 81, was synonymous with 1970s punk rock, a rebelliousness that remained the hallmark of an unapologetically political designer who became one of British fashion's biggest names. "Vivienne Westwood died today, peacefully and…

Daily Mirror

Vivienne Westwood's most punk moments - including knickerless flash at Buckingham Palace

Dame Vivienne Westwood gave birth to the punk movement and continued challenging the status quo throughout her five decade career

ABC News

The key moments of Vivienne Westwood's career that changed the landscape of fashion

Vivinne Westwood's clothes epitomised non-conformity and pushed her anti-establishment agenda. Here's a look at some her work which changed the fashion landscape.

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