“…Vivienne Westwood crea un estil que commociona. Les seves creacions s'exhibeixen avui dia en els museus. …”

“…Se ilustra con ejemplos de creativos de la industria y trabajos de diseñadores contemporáneos como Vivienne Westwood, Alexander McQueen, Dolce and Gabbana, Hussein Chalayan, Viktor and Rolf o John Galliano…”

“…From the original 1860 red budget box to a contemporary 2010 Vivienne Westwood bag, each entry offers a short appraisal to explore what has made their iconic status and the designers that give them a special place in design history…”

“…From the 'traditional' dress of the Victorian rural working class through to the contemporary collections of Vivienne Westwood and a younger generation of London-based designers, notions of Englishness, either real or imagined, have always been at play in considerations of English fashion and clothing. …”

Tabla de Contenidos: “…1900s : Paul Poiret ; Lucile ; Mariano Fortuny ; Style icon: Baroness Curzon of Kedleston -- 1920s : Jean Patou ; Style icon: Baba D'Erlanger ; Jeanne Lanvin ; Chanel in the twenties -- 1930s : Elsa Schiaparelli ; Style icon: Wallis Simpson ; Madeleine Vionnet: the architecture of couture -- 1940s : The effect of war on fashions in Europe ; American fashion in the forties ; Style icon: Lauren Bacall ; Christian Dior: the saviour of French haute couture ; Madame Grès: the sculptress of fabric -- 1950s : Pierre Balmain ; Cristóbal Balenciaga: the master ; Style icon : Grace Kelly ; Dior in the fifties ; Postwar Chanel -- 1960s : Mary Quant ; The boutique movement ; Style icon: Twiggy ; The space age comes to fashion ; Pop and op art influences ; Hubert de Givenchy ; Style icon: Audrey Hepburn ; Design in America ; The decade's end -- 1970s : Biba ; Yves Saint Laurent in the seventies ; Ossie Clark and Celia Birtwell ; Zandra Rhodes ; Later Madame Grès ; Jean Muir ; Style icon: Bianca Jagger ; Bill Gibb ; Vivienne Westwood and Malcolm McLaren -- 1980s : The new romantics ; BodyMap ; Thierry Mugler ; Italian masters ; Style icon: Diana, Princess of Wales ; Azzedine Alaïa ; John Galiano ; Westwood in the eighties ; Japanese innovation: the shock of the new -- 1990s : Gianni Versace ; Jean Paul Gaultier ; Style icon: Kate Moss ; Alexander McQueen ; Martin Margiela ; Conceptual fashion -- 2000s : Later McQueen ; Style icon: Daphne Guinness -- Collecting vintage ; Where to buy ; Vintage forgeries ; Taking care of your collection…”

“…Using 10 case studies on such notable brands as Levis and Vivienne Westwood, Brand/Story looks at what a fashion brand is about and why companies advertise the way they do. …”

“…Stunning new photography by Johnny Dufort highlights works by such fashion designers as Virgil Abloh, Thom Browne, Jean-Charles de Castelbajac, John Galliano, Jean Paul Gaultier, Marc Jacobs, Karl Lagerfeld, Alessandro Michele, Franco Moschino, Miuccia Prada, Richard Quinn, Yves Saint Laurent, Elsa Schiaparelli, Jeremy Scott, Anna Sui, Gianni Versace, and Vivienne Westwood…”