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Vivienne Westwood Dies: Fashion Designer Dubbed “Godmother Of Punk” Was 81

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British fashion designer Dame Vivienne Westwood, who was a key part of bringing punk fashion into the mainstream, has died at 81.

No cause was given, but a tweet from her fashion house said she passed “peacefully and surrounded” by her family in Clapham, South London.

Westwood was a sometimes-controversial punk and new wave designer in the 1970s and went on to dress some of the biggest names in fashion.

Her androgynous designs, slogan t-shirts and irreverent attitude towards the establishment were her trademark, as was her activism on bringing causes like climate change to the catwalk.

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