Get a Life: The Diaries of Vivienne Westwood

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Beginning with a great sweep through those early decades of activism and fashion (activism in fashion) – rebelling through clothes at 430, Kings Road; plundering history for the Pirates collection; quietly shaping a manifesto that would later evolve into the Climate Revolution project – the idea is to access Vivienne’s point of view. Sometimes u may feel that her diaries are very hectic hence even more I'm proud of myself to get to the end of it and not dropping earlier. Her thinking on culture and the importance of engaging with the world to develop culture (not consumption) was very clear and inspiring. So, I figure that I should tell you all right now that if you enjoy biographies, if you enjoy women with conviction, and if you enjoy reading about politics, this is the book for you. Later that evening, I have dinner with the Dalai Lama who asks me about my meeting with Ban Ki-moon.

I’ve been a supporter of Leonard, a Native American who has been wrongly imprisoned for 35 years, for a long time.I decided to donate some money to the Green party, but now they are thinking of giving it back, having discovered I have a Luxembourg company that minimises my tax liabilities. Since then, she has written two or three entries each month, discussing her life in fashion and her involvement with art, politics and the environment. To be so full of energy and life at her age - and to rally against what you believe is detrimental to the future - environmental, creative and judicious. You might find Vivienne highlighting tribal communities’ struggles to maintain the rainforest; another might see her visiting Julian Assange in the Ecuadorian Embassy, or driving up to David Cameron‘s house in the Cotswolds in a full-on tank. Westwood advanced from OBE to DBE in the 2006 New Year's Honours List for services to fashion,and had thrice earned the award for British Designer of the Year.

I find her fascinating and whilst I don't always agree with her and can't see the point she is trying to make on many occasions; I was still looking forward to reading her 'diary'.I enjoyed the diary, I have learnt a lot and was definitely inspired to open up to the world and culture more.

I wish she'd simply written a real diary rather than 'dictated' one for an audience, as it feels to me in this case. Fashion designer, political activist, national icon: Vivienne Westwood sets down her unique vision of the world in her blog, Get A Life. I will surely remember this book but found it naive sometimes to believe you can do anything to influence few thousands people in the world who rule 7 billion.At the ceremony, Westwood was knicker-less, which was later captured by a photographer in the courtyard of Buckingham Palace. Dame Vivienne Westwood, DBE, RDI (born Vivienne Isabel Swire) was a British fashion designer largely responsible for bringing modern punk and new wave fashions into the mainstream. In 1992, Westwood was awarded an OBE, which she collected from Queen Elizabeth II at Buckingham Palace.

Then again, Vivienne might be hanging out with her friend Pamela Anderson, or in India for Naomi Campbell‘s birthday party, or watching Black Sabbath in Hyde Park with Sharon Osbourne. Very motivating read, to Vivennes's way of thinking and the time she devotes for environmental causes.At last, I wanted to cry out, a celebrity who recognizes that politicians only care about themselves and who cares about the earth and who will actually do things about the things she cares about.