Wacky fashion designer Vivienne Westwood has publicly spoken of her disregard for the Sex and the City movie, despite her own work being featured in it.
The 67-year-old says: “I thought Sex and the City was supposed to be about cutting-edge fashion and there was nothing remotely memorable or interesting about what I saw. I went to the premiere and left after 10 minutes.”
She added that she thought the film was: “Quite dull.”
This surprises me, as while I agree the fashion wasn’t ‘cutting edge’ I did think it was very fun and enjoyable. The outfits had me gasping both in admiration and horror, and I thought the best dress was one Carrie wears for a Vogue shoot, designed by Westwood herself! Her name even appears in the script, so what’s not to like from her point of view?
SJP as Carrie in one of Viv’s dresses.
Complete with dead bird on head.
But I suppose she doesn’t have to like the film just because her designs appear in it.
Plus, Viv does like to go against the grain. I met her once while she was demonstrating outside the Houses of Parliament against nuclear weapons, and while she was very pleasant and took the time to chat to me, she was definitely a bit ‘away with the fairies’.
I was glad to see she does actually wear that outrageous hair and makeup during the day as well though!
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