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Senior curator Katie Somerville at the announcement of the NGV summer blockbuster exhibition Westwood|Kawakubo.

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Following tributes to Coco Chanel, Alexander McQueen and Dior, the National Gallery of Victoria will celebrate Vivienne Westwood and Rei Kawakubo.

  • Damien Woolnough

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The late Dame Vivienne Westwood campaigning in support of WikiLeaks founder Julian Assange.

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Fashion designer Vivienne Westwood in 2020.

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Vivienne Westwood walks the runway during the Vivienne Westwood fashion show as part of the Paris Fashion Week Spring/Summer 2010 at Hotel Pozzo di Borgo on October 2, 2009.

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