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Source: Wikipedia. Pages: 27. Chapters: Vivienne Westwood, Fiorucci, Lauren Jones, Beatrix Ong, Yotam Solomon, Christian Louboutin, Salvatore Ferragamo, ALDO Groupe, Staple Design, Angelo Litrico, Anello & Davide, Manolo Blahnik, Patrick Cox, Steve Madden, Jimmy Choo, Stefi Talman, Eugenia Kim, Charles Jourdan, André Courrèges, Susan Bennis, Eileen Shields, Beth Levine, Stuart Weitzman, Linda Bennett, Beverly Feldman, Roger Vivier, Maud Frizon, Bruno Magli, Liam Fahy, Sandra Choi, Natacha Marro, Alexandre Birman, Michele Savino, George Esquivel, Warren Edwards. Excerpt: Dame Vivienne Westwood, DBE, RDI (born Vivienne Isabel Swire on 8 April 1941) is a British fashion designer and businesswoman, largely responsible for bringing modern punk and new wave fashions into the mainstream. Westwood was born Vivienne Isabel Swire in the village of Tintwistle, Derbyshire on 8 April 1941; the daughter of Gordon Swire and Dora Swire (née Ball), who had married two years previously, two weeks after the outbreak of World War II. At the time of Vivienne's birth, her father was employed as a storekeeper in an aircraft factory; he had previously worked as a greengrocer. Aged 17, Vivienne and her family moved to Harrow, London. She studied at the Harrow School of Art, taking fashion and silversmithing, but she left after one term saying, "I didn't know how a working-class girl like me could possibly make a living in the art world". After taking up a job in a factory and studying at a teacher-training college, she became a primary school teacher. During this period, she also created her own jewellery, which she would sell at a stall on Portobello Road. In 1961, Vivienne Swire met Derek Westwood, a Hoover factory apprentice, in Harrow. They married on 21 July 1962 and Vivienne made her own wedding dress for the ceremony. In 1963, she gave birth to a son, Benjamin Westwood. Johnny Rotten of the Sex Pistols wearing a Seditionaries t-shirtWhen she met Malcolm McLaren, it signified the end of Westwood's marriage to Derek. Westwood and McLaren moved to a council flat in Clapham. Westwood continued to teach until 1971 when Malcolm decided to open a boutique at 430 King's Road called "Let It Rock" (later known variously as "Sex", "Too Fast To Live Too Young To Die", and "Seditionaries"). Westwood created clothes which McLaren conceived, drawing inspiration from bikers, fetishists and prostitutes. During this period, McLaren became manager of the punk band Sex Pistols and subsequently the two garnered attention as the band wore Westwood and McLaren's designs.