80 年代，她迷上了高雅文化（high culture），如饥似渴地徜徉在艺术和文学的杰作之中，以此作为灵感，创作出充满典故的经典作品。
Left to right: Corset, Vivienne Westwood, 1990, England. Museum no. T.216-2002. Portrait ensemble, Vivienne Westwood, 1990, England. Museum no. T.215:1-2002. © Vivienne Westwood/Victoria and Albert Museum, London
Left to right: Suit, Vivienne Westwood, about 1995, England. Museum no. T.37:1 to 3-2011. Watteau evening dress, Vivienne Westwood, 1996, England. Museum no. T.438:1 to 4-1996. © Vivienne Westwood/Victoria and Albert Museum, London
Left to right: Bondage suit, Vivienne Westwood and Malcolm McLaren, 1976, England. Museum no. T.252&A-1989. Buccaneer jacket (detail showing slashed sleeve), Vivienne Westwood and Malcolm McLaren, 1981, England. Museum no. T.367-1985. © Vivienne Westwood and Malcolm McLaren/Victoria and Albert Museum, London
事实上，Westwood有非常多的粉丝，他给其他设计师无穷无尽的想法的启发。一些狂热的崇拜者，如：Jean Paul Gaultier、John Galliano、Lee Alexander McQueen、Rei Kawakubo、Azzedine Alaïa、Christian Lacroix、Karl Lagerfeld。
Women's Wear Daily 的 John Fairchild 称她为“设计师中的设计师”，她是 20 世纪末时装业的六位设计师之一。 与 Yves Saint Laurent 一起，她的贡献从根本上塑造了我们今天的着装方式，抹胸裙、印花牛仔布、内衣外衣——尤其是她改造的紧身胸衣、花呢、厚底鞋、罗纹针织衫、高级时装运动鞋等等。
Charley is wearing SS DALEY, FLINT J MCDONALD, PAULA MIHOVILOVIC and ANDREAS KRONTHALER FOR VIVIENNE WESTWOOD. Tom is wearing FLINT J MCDONALD, ANDREAS KRONTHALER FOR VIVIENNE WESTWOOD, jewellery as before and VIVIENNE WESTWOOD WORLDS END.
Photography by Casper Sejersen, Styling by Ellie Grace Cumming
Charley is wearing SINÉAD O’DWYER and CHOPOVA LOWENA
Photography by Casper Sejersen, Styling by Ellie Grace Cumming
我们甚至还没有仔细梳理她的朋克创新所留下的非凡遗产，这一创新不仅从字面上，也从形象上将时尚撕裂开来，其冲击波影响了文化的方方面面，从戏剧和建筑到室内设计和图形等方方面面。
Pair of shoes, Vivienne Westwood and Malcolm McLaren, 1974, England. Museum no. T.82:1, 2-2002. © Vivienne Westwood and Malcolm McLaren/Victoria and Albert Museum, London
Photography by Willy Vanderperre, Styling by Olivier Rizzo
On the sad news of her passing, we all remember a designer who has fundamentally shaped the way we dress today.
在她去世的悲痛消息中，我们都明白她是从根本上改变了我们今天着装方式的设计师。
