JStoll93 Posted December 29, 2022 Share Posted December 29, 2022 It’s with great sadness today, that I learned of the passing of one of the great designers of the 20th century, Vivienne Westwood. I’ve loved her work since I first saw it exhibited in San Francisco at the De Young Museum over 15 years ago. During her life she made a couple notable Barbie collaborations. The first being in 1998, designing the very limited Life Ball Barbie Doll. 5 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
hlivnat Posted December 29, 2022 Share Posted December 29, 2022 That doll has an almost Maleficent vibe. Very interesting! 3 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
JStoll93 Posted December 29, 2022 Author Share Posted December 29, 2022 The second was a OOAK Zendaya Barbie doll created by Mattel wearing the custom Vivienne Westwood couture gown she wore to the Academy Awards. 5 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
mell Posted December 30, 2022 Share Posted December 30, 2022 RIP, Vivienne Westwood!😥 I knew about the Life Ball Barbie Doll that she designed. She was really a redressed and restyled "Great Eras" Victorian Lady Barbie (The "Victorian Lady" doll is a part of my doll collection. I loved the old "Great Eras" Barbie dolls!). Vivienne Westwood's Life Ball Barbie has always been quite rare and expensive. I would hate to know how much she goes for on the secondary market in today's inflation impacted economy! I didn't know that Vivienne Westwood also designed the real life dress that Zendaya wore to the Academy Awards that Mattel made a OOAK doll of her based on! That's neat! It looks like Carlyle Nuera designed the OOAK Zendaya Barbie doll! She is pretty! I don't know if this makes sense to you at all, JStoll93, but when I first learned of Guo Pei's fashions through Barbie, she kind of reminded me of a Chinese styled Vivienne Westwood (both designers' fashions tend to be quite over the top and theatrical)! Well, I must admit, Barbie introduced me to Vivienne Westwood herself, too! 5 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
DARDECK Posted December 30, 2022 Share Posted December 30, 2022 2 hours ago, JStoll93 said: It’s with great sadness today, that I learned of the passing of one of the great designers of the 20th century, Vivienne Westwood. I’ve loved her work since I first saw it exhibited in San Francisco at the De Young Museum over 15 years ago. During her life she made a couple notable Barbie collaborations. The first being in 1998, designing the very limited Life Ball Barbie Doll. I'm sorry to hear that. Thanks for letting us know. Sad. 3 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
JStoll93 Posted December 30, 2022 Author Share Posted December 30, 2022 (edited) 56 minutes ago, mell said: I don't know if this makes sense to you at all, JStoll93, but when I first learned of Guo Pei's fashions through Barbie, she kind of reminded me of a Chinese styled Vivienne Westwood (both designers' fashions tend to be quite over the top and theatrical)! Well, I must admit, Barbie introduced me to Vivienne Westwood herself, too! It does make sense to me! Besides their shared gender, both were and are the most accomplished designers of their respected countries, reference their nations cultures in their designs, have produced one of a kind clothes, were the subjects of many museum exhibitions, and certainly have a special flare for theatrics. Unlike Guo Pei, Vivienne never showed her couture collections during the twice annual Haute Couture Show seasons in Paris. This disqualified her work from being considered Haute Couture. Designers must be in compliance with the federation of Haute Couture, which has strict regulations regarding the production and presentation of high end bespoke clothing. Instead, Vivienne showed couture collections in her own way and schedule. Guo, has never produced a ready-to-wear label, or any other diffusion tiers outside of couture clothing, besides collaborations with MAC cosmetics and Barbie. The Westwood brand has cult following ready-to-wear collections, accessories, shoes, and jewelry most notable with the iconic orb insignia that was her trademark brand image. Edited December 30, 2022 by JStoll93 3 2 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
mell Posted December 30, 2022 Share Posted December 30, 2022 Wow, JStoll93! I had no idea that the Fashion World has such strict standards for what qualifies a fashion designer to be "Haute Couture" or not! 5 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
mell Posted December 30, 2022 Share Posted December 30, 2022 Regardless of these standards, I still think that Vivienne Westwood's fashions were remarkable! RIP!🙏 2 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
mell Posted December 30, 2022 Share Posted December 30, 2022 I like a lot of Guo Pei's fashions, too! Both Guo Pei and Vivienne Westwood have designed such interesting fashions! 2 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Slukic Posted December 30, 2022 Share Posted December 30, 2022 Vivienne Westwood was punk rock royalty 5 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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