I admit I was completely terrified by the prospect of interviewing Vivienne Westwood. Scroll back further to 1987 and I am a very young fashion journalist. The Harris Tweed collection began her lifelong love affair with British tailoringHarris tweed suits were topped with fake ermine capelets and squashy fabric crowns. Her reputation is a magnet for tourists to London who make pilgrimages to World's End, to search for street style. It helps recruit international fashion students to the UK, inspired by her as a designer and an activist.
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