Johnny Valencia in a Vivienne Westwood t-shirt celebrating the publication of Her Majesty. Westwood designed a limited edition cover for the book. Valencia is an account executive for men's accessories and shoes for Vivienne Westwood.

Johnny Valencia in a Vivienne Westwood t-shirt celebrating the publication of Her Majesty. Westwood designed a limited edition cover for the book. Valencia is an account executive for men's accessories and shoes for Vivienne Westwood.

Vivienne Westwood's Odd Future

More than 35 years, ago, Vivienne Westwood outfitted an obscure band of self -described anarchists. But the Sex Pistols got big, really big, after they famously pissed off a nation by sneering “God Save The Queen/She ain’t no human being." Just by association, Vivienne Westwood probably could not be counted as a fan of the British monarchy.

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Display of Her Majesty at Vivienne Westwood.

Decades later, it was Westwood who ended up designing a limited edition cover to Her Majesty, a sumptuous Taschen coffee table book on Queen Elizabeth II. Cover aside, the influential designer continues to have a taste for the radical. She recently made statements against consumerism and support for Chelsea Manning, the American soldier who was convicted of biggest leaks of classified documents in U.S. history.

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Laura Duncan, a stylist, at Vivienne Westwood.

The Vivienne Westwood boutique in West Hollywood threw a shindig Oct. 22 celebrating the Taschen book. Like Westwood, a lot of the guests had radical fashion ideas. Take a look.

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Heather Pepe and Steve David. Heather is wearing a punk headpiece designed by Steve. In the spirit of Vivienne Westwood, the headpiece was constructed from decades old pages of Punk magazine.