Dame Vivienne Westwood's funeral: Victoria Beckham, Kate Moss & Helena Bonham Carter lead star-studded arrivals
hellomagazine.comDame Vivienne Westwood. The legendary British designer passed away on 29 December. In a statement posted on Instagram, her eponymous fashion house explained: "Vivienne Westwood died today, peacefully and surrounded by her family, in Clapham, South London."Esteemed British celebrities including Victoria Beckham, Kate Moss, Helena Bonham Carter and Elle Fanning were among the well-known faces in attendance at her funeral, while fashion industry veterans such as Zandra Rhodes, Edward Enniful, Andreas Kronthaler, Suzy Menkes and Bella Freud honored Westwood's history-making legacy.
The designer is one of the most iconic and referenced in history, and the story of how she began her namesake label is steeped in cultural importance.
Influenced by acts of rebellion and typical 1950s clothing, music, and memorabilia, a young Vivienne Westwood and her then partner Malcolm McLaren (manager of the Sex Pistols) opened a small boutique called Let it Rock at number 430 Kings Road, Chelsea in London in 1971.
She is widely considered the founder of the punk fashion movement.Read on to see which stars honoured Vivienne Westwood at her memorial… Victoria Beckham was one of many paying her respects to the iconic designer.
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