Museum Worthy 1988 Vivienne Westwood Corseted White Bustier - Corset Jacket
By Vivienne Westwood
Located in Sheffield, GB
An incredibly Rare 1988 Vivienne Westwood jacket from the ‘Britain must go Pagan’ collection. The jacket features a boned corset like silhouette. With nipped waistline, deep plunged ...
Vivienne Westwood white jersey Conduit Street corset, ss 2002
By Vivienne Westwood
Located in London, GB
▪ Vivienne Westwood corset top ▪ Spring-Summer 2002 ▪ White cotton jersey ▪ Black text print of a Vivienne Westwood flyer, advertising the Conduit Street store in London ▪ Centre-fr...
1990S VIVIENNE WESTWOOD White Striped Cotton Corset Shap Top
By Vivienne Westwood
Located in New York, NY
1990S VIVIENNE WESTWOOD White Striped Cotton Corset Shap Top
Vivienne Westwood Vintage F/W1991 Dressing Up White Gold Satin Boulle Corset Top
By Vivienne Westwood
Located in Jersey City, NJ
This is an iconic Vivienne Westwood corset from the Autumn/Winter 1991 "Dressing Up" collection, showcasing the designer's renowned craftsmanship and attention to detail.
Vivienne Westwood white cotton lace corset, fw 1994
By Vivienne Westwood
Located in London, GB
▪ Vivienne Westwood white corset ▪ Cotton lace front and back panel ▪ Mesh sides ▪ Back zip fastening ▪ Internal boning ▪ UK 12 - FR 40 - US 8 ▪ Fall-Winter 1994
Vivienne Westwood white and grey checked corset, ss 1994
By Vivienne Westwood
Located in London, GB
Vivienne Westwood white and grey checked corset - designed to cinch the waist and push the breasts up.
Vivienne Westwood white corset with bishop sleeves, ss 1995
By Vivienne Westwood
Located in London, GB
▪ Vivienne Westwood corset top ▪ Stripped chiffon bishop sleeves ▪ Gold orb etched buttons ▪ Centre-back zipper ▪ UK 14 ▪ Spring-Summer 1995
Vivienne Westwood cream cotton mesh corset, fw 1992
By Vivienne Westwood
Located in London, GB
▪ Rare Vivienne Westwood corset ▪ Cream cotton mesh with Hapsburg lace print applied on top ▪ Boned stomacher ▪ Centre-back zipper ▪ Size UK 12 ▪ Fall-Winter 1992 ▪ Made in England
Vivienne Westwood 'Cafe Society' white knitted lace corset, ss 1994
By Vivienne Westwood
Located in London, GB
▪ Archival Vivienne Westwood corset ▪ Spring-Summer 1994, 'Cafe Society' Collection ▪ Museum Grade ▪ White knitted cotton lace ▪ Long tassels adorning the neckline and shoulder str...
Vivienne Westwood gold 'Portrait Collection' corset, fw 1990
By Vivienne Westwood
Located in London, GB
Vivienne Westwood; iconic corset in white lycra. Features the 'Shepherd Watching a Sleeping Shepherdess’ print, reproduced from the 1743 Rococo painting by Francois Boucher.
Vivienne Westwood gold lurex 'Portrait Collection' corset, fw 1990
By Vivienne Westwood
Located in London, GB
Vivienne Westwood; iconic long sleeve corset in gold lurex. Features the 'Shepherd Watching a Sleeping Shepherdess’ print, reproduced from the 1743 Rococo painting by Francois Bouche...
Vivienne Westwood Autumn/Winter 1994 ‘On Liberty’ White Floral Lace Corset
By Vivienne Westwood
Located in Manchester, GB
Vivienne Westwood Autumn/Winter 1994 white floral lace boned corset with mesh side panels.
Vivienne Westwood white corset with Frans Hals baby print, fw 1992
By Vivienne Westwood
Located in London, GB
▪ Rare Vivienne Westwood corset top ▪ Baby print from a detail of Frans Hals - Catharina Hooft with her Nurse c. 1620 ▪ Ruffled tulle trim ▪ Centre-back zipper ▪ UK 12 ▪ Fall-Winte...
Vivienne Westwood Toile de Jouy cotton corset, ss 1996
By Vivienne Westwood
Located in London, GB
▪ Vivienne Westwood white cotton corset ▪ Blue 'Toile de Jouy' print ▪ Boned stomacher ▪ Matching printed overlay with lace-up fastening and fold-over collar ▪ String ties on the s...
Vivienne Westwood Vintage F/W 1991 White Gold Boulle Satin 90s Corset Top
By Vivienne Westwood
Located in Jersey City, NJ
The Vivienne Westwood Fall/Winter 1991 corset top featuring the iconic Andre-Charles Boulle design is a true vintage treasure. The gold foiling is delicately placed and stands out be...
Vivienne Westwood Boned Printed Corset - '90s
By Vivienne Westwood
Located in Milano, Lombardia
Vivienne Westwood white satin corset from Portrait Collection F/W1990, embellished with metallic gold classical figures decoration, internal boning, zip fastening.
Vivienne Westwood Anglomania black & white striped corset top 1990s
By Vivienne Westwood
Located in West Palm Beach, FL
Vivienne Westwood Anglomania black & white striped corset top 1990s...Fitted corset style top in black & white striped cotton with a wide open neckline fitted torso and angled peplum...
VIVIENNE WESTWOOD Size 14 Black & White Nailhead Wool Strap Collar Corset Coat
By Vivienne Westwood
Located in San Francisco, CA
ANGLOMANIA by VIVIENNE WESTWOOD coat comes in black and white nailhead wool and features a pointed collar with double d ring belt strap closure, under arm cutouts, slanted pockets, a...
Vivienne Westwood white lace knit corset, ss 1994
By Vivienne Westwood
Located in London, GB
Vivienne Westwood white lace knit corset with wide neckline and fringed trim.
Vivienne Westwood white cotton and mesh corset, ss 1994
By Vivienne Westwood
Located in London, GB
Vivienne Westwood white cotton corset with mesh side panels and embroidered Westwood orb logo.
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Size: 38 / UK 10 (size runs small)
Vivienne Westwood white cotton piqué wedding corset, circa 1995
By Vivienne Westwood
Located in London, GB
A rare 18th century inspired Vivienne Westwood wedding corset, circa 1995. White cotton piqué bodice laced across boned corset of ribbed white cotton, side panels of white mesh, lace...
Vivienne Westwood white lace corset with padded breast-cups, fw 1995
By Vivienne Westwood
Located in London, GB
Vivienne Westwood white lace corset with padded conical breast-cups, metal corset-hook fastenings to the front, power-mesh sides and detachable shoulder straps.
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Size: Recommended UK 10.
Spring 2008 Vivienne Westwood Blue & White Pin striped corseted shirt Dress
By Vivienne Westwood
Located in Sheffield, GB
Spring / Summer 2008, Vivienne Westwood corseted shirt dress featuring a boned corset interior, a sexy deep scooped collar line, 3/4 length sleeves, buttons down the front and knee l...
S/S 1991 Vivienne Westwood White Satin Corset
By Vivienne Westwood
Located in North Hollywood, CA
S/S 1991 Vivienne Westwood white satin corset. Boned cotton corset with moderate stretch throughout sides and slight satin finish.
Vivienne Westwood white label bridal Corset Wedding Dress Bridal Corset Dress
By Vivienne Westwood
Located in Berlin, DE
Vivienne Westwood Red Label Cream White Lace Corset dress Iconic Westwood boned inner.
S/S 1995 Vivienne Westwood White Bishop Sleeve Corset Top
By Vivienne Westwood
Located in North Hollywood, CA
S/S 1995 Vivienne Westwood white bishop sleeve corset top with boning.
A/W 1991 Vivienne Westwood White and Gold Boulle Print Corset
By Vivienne Westwood
Located in North Hollywood, CA
A/W 1991 Vivienne Westwood white and gold Boulle print sleeveless corset with built-in boning.
1990s Vivienne Westwood Red Label Ivory and Red Corset
By RED LABEL by VIVIENNE WESTWOOD
Located in Berlin, DE
1990s Vivienne Westwood Red Label Ivory and Red Corset EXCEPTIONAL. Fully boned, red and ivory lace. The perfect unconventional bridal look or event Collectors item Tag size 12 b...
1980S MICHAEL NOVARESE Black Haute Couture Silk Taffeta Duster Covered In Excep
By Michael Novarese
Located in New York, NY
1980S MICHAEL NOVARESE Black Haute Couture Silk Taffeta Duster Covered In Exceptional Embroidery & Beaded Gold Work
$1,036Sale Price|20% Off
Size: 10
1990s Bob Mackie Size 10 Black Crepe Sexy 90s Vintage High Slit Evening Gown
By Bob Mackie
Located in San Diego, CA
Sexy, yet sophisticated 1990s BOB MACKIE black crepe bodycon evening dress! Features an elegant sweetheart neckline, with satin trim. Figure flattering silhouette that hugs the body ...
$948Sale Price|25% Off
Size: Medium
1960s Guy Laroche Couture Lipstick Red Virgin Wool A Line Vintage 60s Mini Dress
By Guy Laroche
Located in San Diego, CA
1960s GUY LAROCHE Couture lipstick red virgin wool A-Line mini dress! The perfect alternative to a little black dress, this red gem is sure to stand out! Hand made, with the utmost a...
UNWORN Gucci by Tom Ford Black Dragon Pearl Jeweled Mink Fur Evening Bag Clutch
By Tom Ford for Gucci, Gucci
Located in Switzerland, CH
EXTREMELY RARE GUCCI BY TOM FORD GORGEOUS FUR EVENING BAG WITH STUNNING JEWELED DRAGON DETAIL DETAILS: A GUCCI signature piece that will last you for many years From one of GUCC...
Haute Couture Black Embroidered French Silk Net Fringed Shawl- 40", 1900s
Located in Tucson, AZ
Despite being over a century old, this intricate mantilla is as colorful and perfect as the day it was made. Similar in complexity to a piano shawl but half the traditional size (and...
Midnight Black Fully Lined Silk Chiffon Beaded Evening Top
Located in New York, NY
This wonderfully elegant midnight black fully lined silk chiffon beaded evening top features an invisible side zipper measuring 11 inches with hook & eye. The length measures 2...
Sleek Braided Leather Alligator Head Choker Necklace
Located in University City, MO
Sleek braided leather alligator head choker necklace The unique choker necklace is designed with a pair of silver metal alligators heads adhered to a black leather braided cord. The ...
Chanel Rugby Football Ball
By Chanel
Located in Miami, FL
Chanel Rugby Football Ball 2007 {VINTAGE 15 Years} Very good condition
GOYARD Vintage Brown & Grey Monogram Mini Wardrobe Trunk
By Maison Goyard
Located in New York, NY
Goyard Vintage Brown & Grey Monogram Mini Wardrobe Features three pull out drawers inside along with hangers and railing for hanging garments Color: Brown, grey and brass Hardware: B...
Chanel S/S 2014 Belted Knit Chain Embellished Trim White Mini Dress
By Chanel
Located in Englishtown, NJ
Chanel S/S 2014 Belted Knit Chain Embellished Trim White Mini Dress FR 40 Chanel sleeveless mini dress with textured pattern throughout, chain-link trim, square neck, belt accent at...
Amazing Russian Sable Coat, Double Breasted, 7/8 Coat with Fold Over Cuff
Located in Buchanan, MI
A Russian sable coat. Double breasted 7/8 sable coat with fold over cuff and a cape collar that can be worn closed around the neck or lower around the bust line. Labeled "Elan Furs"...
Valentino Demi-Couture SS 2001 exquisite silk sequin embellished floral gown
By Valentino
Located in PARIS, FR
Extremely rare and breathtaking Valentino Demi-Couture silk floral-motif sequin embellished maxi gown from the Spring Summer 2001 collection. As seen on the runway. Designer : Valen...
Rare Natural Silver Raccoon Hooded Fur Coat
Located in Amsterdam, NL
This vintage coat is made of very high quality silver raccoon fur is 3/4 lenght with an attached hood, rare to find. We offer more exclusive fur items, view our frontstore Details:...
JOHN GALLIANO 2009 Vintage Royal Blue Gown Maxi Dress w. Attached Sash
By John Galliano
Located in Leonardo, NJ
John Galliano Vintage 2009 Royal Blue Attached sash can also be tied but I just let it hang Extra long length Invisible side zip Size IT44 NWT's, 2 small dots that you can only see u...
$745
Size: 42 / 6 / 8 / 10
Roberto Cavalli Early 2000s Army Green Silk Chiffon Rhinestone Beaded Sheer Top
By Roberto Cavalli, Just Cavalli
Located in San Diego, CA
Sexy early 2000s ROBERTO CAVALLI light army green silk chiffon beaded, sequined and rhinestone semi sheer blouse! Features flattering cold shoulders that reveal just the right amount...
ADRIENNE LANDAU Vintage Red Chinoiserie Fur Trimmed Lightweight Vest
By Adrienne Landau
Located in Leonardo, NJ
USA ONLY REAL FUR CANNOT CROSS CUSTOMS Adrienne Landau Vintage Bright vibrant red Fur (not sure what type) Silk embroidered Chinoiserie print Super lightweight Fits XS to Medium I'm...
For someone who regularly swatted away the industry that made her, audacious British fashion designer Dame Vivienne Westwood certainly knew her way around a garment. And she knew how to provoke. “I don’t follow fashion,” Westwood once told the New York Times. “I’ve never been interested in it.” Collectors are certainly interested in her work, and vintage Vivienne Westwood dresses, handbags, lingerie and jackets have become very desirable over the years.
Westwood was born Vivienne Isabel Swire in a village in Derbyshire, in central England, but moved to London as a teen. In the early 1960s, she began to make her own necklaces and other jewelry and met an artist, activist and entrepreneur named Malcolm McLaren. They became involved romantically and she made clothes for him in the style of the Teddy Boys — the city’s music-crazed, occasionally violent teenagers at the time who wore high-waisted trousers and tailored velvet blazers that drew on Edwardian-era fashions.
Westwood and McLaren opened a vintage shop on King’s Road in London in 1971. The flared denim and peasant blouses of the 1960s, then still popular with the “peace and love” set, didn’t hold any weight for Westwood. Instead, she was interested in provocative, edgy apparel. She repaired used clothing and endeavored to create bold new designs from scratch.
Together Westwood and McLaren sold older rock-and-roll records, customized T-shirts with antiestablishment slogans, biker jackets and snug trousers inspired by the Marlon Brando film The Wild One as well as bondage fetish wear. The shop, once called Let It Rock and then Too Fast to Live, Too Young to Die before Sex became a more appropriate moniker, evolved into a youth mecca. The DIY garments — zippered tops, burnt tees emblazoned with anarchist messages — flew off the shelves. More notably, it brought punk to the masses.
Westwood was soon dressing the Sex Pistols, a band that McLaren managed, all the while bridging the gap between music and fashion in a manner that has reverberated throughout the industry for decades.
In 1981, the couple’s first fashion show marked the debut of their Pirate collection — a swashbuckler-themed line that sprang from Westwood’s research into Indigenous Americans and the “power garments” of the Louis XIV era. The collection’s ample proportions and cutting-edge tailoring countered punk’s geometry and tight latex fits as well as what rocker Adam Ant called the “Puritanism” that plagued England at the time. The Pirate collection’s enduring influence on the world of fashion as well as the theatrical work of designers such as John Galliano and Alexander McQueen is undeniable.
For the colorful corsets of her 1990 Portrait collection, Westwood drew on 18th-century oil paintings — her models donned the pearl necklaces that have become a social media star and a favorite of influencers and fashion lovers all over the world. For a jacket-and-shorts suit from her Fall/Winter 1996–97 Storm in a Teacup line, the designer used the extreme asymmetry of a tartan mash-up to confront, according to Westwood, “the horror of uniformity and minimalism.”
The self-taught Westwood enjoyed a rapid ascent in fashion, with British society embracing her looks and Vogue immortalizing them in its glossy pages. She garnered accolades for introducing corsets to the runway and dressed Kate Moss and Helena Bonham Carter. And an original Vivienne Westwood wedding dress is featured in 2008’s Sex and the City film.
The fires of political and environmental activism burned brightly for Westwood: She was a Greenpeace ambassador, having designed the organization’s official “Save the Arctic” logo; her clothing brand is committed to using recycled canvas and other eco-friendly materials in the production process; and in 2020, she protested the extradition of Julian Assange by suspending herself in a bird cage outside London’s Old Bailey court. But she will always be the grande dame of British design.
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