BREAKING NEWS: In news that broke moments ago, Vivienne Westwood has announced that she is bringing her men’s show back to its birthplace: London. Rightly so, we say – Dame Viv is as British as a crumpet strapped to a Corgi. Showing as part of London Collections Men next January, the show will combine her menswear collection, previously shown in Milan, and her Red Label womenswear. Something for everyone. She’s also decided to ditch the labels – MAN and Red Label will instead be renamed under one umbrella as simply: Vivienne Westwood. Andreas Kronthaler for Vivienne Westwood, the main women’s line, will continue business as usual in Paris. It’s all about simplifying – as the notes say: “the decision to present the collection in early January is part of a shift that aims to present the collections ahead of the sales period giving buyers a clear vision for the season prior to the appointments in the showroom.” Proving that there is quite literally nothing this lady can’t do, she has expressed her thoughts in the form of a kind of poem:
“Reduce our company in size.
And reduce it to its essentials.
Selling only what we love.
Our whole structure will be directed by quality.
Buy less, choose well, make it last.
Together Andreas and I head the design teams for all lines.’
– Vivienne Westwood
Photograph by Jason Lloyd-Evans, backstage at Vivienne Westwood MAN AW16
