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Article: Westwood shows camp and vamp. (British fashion shows by Vivienne Westwood, Alistair Blair, Anouska Hempel, Pam Hogg, and others)
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- WWD
- Article date:
- October 17, 1989
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WESTWOOD SHOWS CAMP AND VAMP
LONDON -- She began as a Sex Pistol, then launched the Pirates. She became Mistress of the Pouf -- she was the first to do it -- and now Vivienne Westwood has recast herself once again. Get ready, world: Viv's a Sex Goddess.
Her show Monday had its bizarre moments. It began with a girl wearing men's underwear with a large penis printed in the right place. From then on it was one excited fashion after another -- dozens of skin-tight bodysuits, ruffled boxer shorts, see-through bandage dresses and jumpsuits, bikini underwear galore, thigh-high slit skirts and corset-like jackets.
In between, Westwood showed why she's a ...