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Vivienne Westwood Heels

Vivienne Westwood Voodoo Sandals - '90s
Vivienne Westwood Voodoo Sandals - '90s

Vivienne Westwood Voodoo Sandals - '90s

By Vivienne Westwood

Located in Milano, Lombardia

Voodoo Sandals by Vivienne Westwood, in black suede with beige thread accents, bells, and studs. A

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1990s Heels

Vivienne Westwood Brown Leather Peep-Toe Sandals - '00s
Vivienne Westwood Brown Leather Peep-Toe Sandals - '00s

Vivienne Westwood Brown Leather Peep-Toe Sandals - '00s

By Vivienne Westwood

Located in Milano, Lombardia

Vivienne Westwood brown leather peep-toe sandals featuring iconic crossover straps and signature

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Early 2000s Heels

Platform heels 1993 Vivienne Westwood gingham
Platform heels 1993 Vivienne Westwood gingham

Platform heels 1993 Vivienne Westwood gingham

By Vivienne Westwood

Located in CAPELLE AAN DEN IJSSEL, ZH

platform heels 1993 Vivienne Westwood. Vivienne Westwood, the renowned British fashion designer

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1990s Shoes

Vintage 2000's Vivienne Westwood Red Patent Leather Ghillie Heels
Vintage 2000's Vivienne Westwood Red Patent Leather Ghillie Heels

Vintage 2000's Vivienne Westwood Red Patent Leather Ghillie Heels

By Vivienne Westwood

Located in London, GB

Vintage 2000's Vivienne Westwood Ghillie heels. Features a high shine red patent leather, dramatic

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Early 2000s English Shoes

Vintage 2000's Vivienne Westwood Red Patent Leather Ghillie Heels
Vintage 2000's Vivienne Westwood Red Patent Leather Ghillie Heels

Vintage 2000's Vivienne Westwood Red Patent Leather Ghillie Heels

By Vivienne Westwood

Located in London, GB

Vintage 2000's Vivienne Westwood Ghillie heels. Features a high shine red patent leather, dramatic

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Early 2000s English Shoes

Bessi 1960s Multi-Color Groovy Floral Print Midi Dress With Belt
Bessi 1960s Multi-Color Groovy Floral Print Midi Dress With Belt

Bessi 1960s Multi-Color Groovy Floral Print Midi Dress With Belt

By Bessi

Located in Scottsdale, AZ

a daytime outing or an evening soiree. Style it with a pair of vintage platform heels by Vivienne

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1960s Italian Aesthetic Day Dresses

18K Gold Plated 1970s Hearts Ring
18K Gold Plated 1970s Hearts Ring

18K Gold Plated 1970s Hearts Ring

Located in Scottsdale, AZ

dress, a Vivienne Westwood choker and some Manolo heels for an effortlessly chic look. Indulge in the

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Vintage 1970s Fashion Rings

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18k Gold, Gold Plate

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Vivienne Westwood Anglomania + Melissa Platform Sandals
Vivienne Westwood Anglomania + Melissa Platform Sandals

Vivienne Westwood Anglomania + Melissa Platform Sandals

By Vivienne Westwood

Located in London, GB

Vivienne Westwood Anglomania + Melissa Platform Sandals CONDITION: This item is a deadstock

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2010s High Heels

Vintage 1970s Vivienne Westwood SEX Red Patent Leather Pumps
Vintage 1970s Vivienne Westwood SEX Red Patent Leather Pumps

Vintage 1970s Vivienne Westwood SEX Red Patent Leather Pumps

By Vivienne Westwood

Located in Long Island City, NY

Wonderful SEX Boutique red patent leather pumps designed by Vivienne Westwood. Patent leather upper

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1970s British High Heels

Retro Vivienne Westwood Navy Platform Spectator Shoes, EU 37
Retro Vivienne Westwood Navy Platform Spectator Shoes, EU 37

Retro Vivienne Westwood Navy Platform Spectator Shoes, EU 37

By Vivienne Westwood

Located in Bethesda, MD

New with box Vivenne Westwood retro navy leather and suede platform spectator oxfords with

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21st Century and Contemporary Italian Block Heel

Vivienne Westwood Camel Court Shoe, Gold Label A / W 2013
Vivienne Westwood Camel Court Shoe, Gold Label A / W 2013

Vivienne Westwood Camel Court Shoe, Gold Label A / W 2013

By Vivienne Westwood

Located in Los Angeles, CA

-As see on the AW13 Gold Label runway -Shoes are leather and suede, have a block heel -Sized 39 EU

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2010s Italian High Heels

Fabulous Vivienne Westwood High Leather Platform Heels SZ 37 1/2
Fabulous Vivienne Westwood High Leather Platform Heels SZ 37 1/2

Fabulous Vivienne Westwood High Leather Platform Heels SZ 37 1/2

By Vivienne Westwood

Located in Long Island City, NY

Vertigo inducing Westwood platform heels with faux alligator grain. Leather upper, sole, lining

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1990s Italian Shoes

Vivienne Westwood Vintage Brown Leather Heels Size IT 38
Vivienne Westwood Vintage Brown Leather Heels Size IT 38

Vivienne Westwood Vintage Brown Leather Heels Size IT 38

By Vivienne Westwood

Located in London, GB

Westwood designer resale item. Details D’Orsay Vintage Black Leather Heels Snakeskin pattern Round toe

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21st Century and Contemporary British Heels

Vivienne Westwood Green Leather Ghillie Heels Size IT 39
Vivienne Westwood Green Leather Ghillie Heels Size IT 39

Vivienne Westwood Green Leather Ghillie Heels Size IT 39

By Vivienne Westwood

Located in London, GB

to the counter and outer sides to both shoes and on this used Vivienne Westwood designer resale item

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21st Century and Contemporary British Heels

VIVIENNE WESTWOOD Anglomania Size 6 Rose Rubber Melissa Heels Pumps
VIVIENNE WESTWOOD Anglomania Size 6 Rose Rubber Melissa Heels Pumps

VIVIENNE WESTWOOD Anglomania Size 6 Rose Rubber Melissa Heels Pumps

By Vivienne Westwood

Located in San Francisco, CA

VIVIENNE WESTWOOD Anglomania "Melissa" pumps comes in a rose rubber featuring a peep toe style

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21st Century and Contemporary Heels

Vivienne Westwood Anglomania + Melissa Pink Heart Jelly Heels Size US 6
Vivienne Westwood Anglomania + Melissa Pink Heart Jelly Heels Size US 6

Vivienne Westwood Anglomania + Melissa Pink Heart Jelly Heels Size US 6

By Vivienne Westwood

Located in London, GB

small discolouration on outer left shoe on this used Vivienne Westwood Anglomania + melissa designer

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21st Century and Contemporary British Heels

Vivienne Westwood Sex Court pumps - '10s
Vivienne Westwood Sex Court pumps - '10s

Vivienne Westwood Sex Court pumps - '10s

By Vivienne Westwood

Located in Milano, Lombardia

Iconic 70s Vivienne Westwood Sex Court Pumps, reissued for Fall Winter 2019. Crafted in black

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2010s Heels

Vivienne Westwood Brexit Court Pumps - '10s
Vivienne Westwood Brexit Court Pumps - '10s

Vivienne Westwood Brexit Court Pumps - '10s

By Vivienne Westwood

Located in Milano, Lombardia

In bold blue leather, these court pumps by Vivienne Westwood feature UK flag insignia—one shoe with

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2010s Heels

Vivienne Westwood Brown Leather Laced Pumps Size IT 39
Vivienne Westwood Brown Leather Laced Pumps Size IT 39

Vivienne Westwood Brown Leather Laced Pumps Size IT 39

By Vivienne Westwood

Located in London, GB

side of the left shoe and to the right side of the right shoe on this used Vivienne Westwood designer

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21st Century and Contemporary British Heels

Vivienne Westwood Black Leather Croc Emboss Pumps Size IT 40
Vivienne Westwood Black Leather Croc Emboss Pumps Size IT 40

Vivienne Westwood Black Leather Croc Emboss Pumps Size IT 40

By Vivienne Westwood

Located in London, GB

both heels where abrasion is visible on this used Vivienne Westwood designer resale item. This pair of

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21st Century and Contemporary Heels

Platform heels 1993 Vivienne Westwood gingham
Platform heels 1993 Vivienne Westwood gingham

Platform heels 1993 Vivienne Westwood gingham

By Vivienne Westwood

Located in CAPELLE AAN DEN IJSSEL, ZH

platform heels 1993 Vivienne Westwood. Vivienne Westwood, the renowned British fashion designer

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1990s Shoes

Vivienne Westwood Gold Leather Lace Up Heels Size IT 36
Vivienne Westwood Gold Leather Lace Up Heels Size IT 36

Vivienne Westwood Gold Leather Lace Up Heels Size IT 36

By Vivienne Westwood

Located in London, GB

front of right shoe on this used Vivienne Westwood designer resale item. Original dust bag and shoebox

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21st Century and Contemporary British Heels

VIVIENNE WESTWOOD tan leather platform heels - 41
VIVIENNE WESTWOOD tan leather platform heels - 41

VIVIENNE WESTWOOD tan leather platform heels - 41

By Vivienne Westwood

Located in San Fransisco, CA

Towering tan leather platform heels from Vivienne Westwood dating to the early 2000's. European

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Early 2000s Italian Shoes

1970's Vivienne Westwood Black Patent Fetish Heels
1970's Vivienne Westwood Black Patent Fetish Heels

1970's Vivienne Westwood Black Patent Fetish Heels

By Vivienne Westwood

Located in Toronto, Ontario

These collectible Vivienne Westwood black patent leather Mary Jane heels are an iconic pair from

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1970s British Shoes

1980s Gold Tone Multicolor Rhinestone Necklace
1980s Gold Tone Multicolor Rhinestone Necklace

1980s Gold Tone Multicolor Rhinestone Necklace

Located in Scottsdale, AZ

get-together with friends. Style this with a Vivienne Westwood top, some Manolo heels and a Louis

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1990s Choker Necklaces

Vivienne Westwood Metallic Blue Snake-Print Heels
Vivienne Westwood Metallic Blue Snake-Print Heels

Vivienne Westwood Metallic Blue Snake-Print Heels

By Vivienne Westwood

Located in London, GB

Adorable metallic blue heels by Vivienne Westwood. Features a sling back with a buckle and a faux

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21st Century and Contemporary Italian High Heels

Vivienne Westwood Gold Label Black Leather Clompers Size US 11
Vivienne Westwood Gold Label Black Leather Clompers Size US 11

Vivienne Westwood Gold Label Black Leather Clompers Size US 11

By Vivienne Westwood

Located in Los Angeles, CA

-Iconic shoe from Vivienne Westwood -Made of black leather with chunky platform, ankle strap -Sized

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Early 2000s Italian High Heels

Vivienne Westwood Gold Label Moc-Croc Clompers Size US 9
Vivienne Westwood Gold Label Moc-Croc Clompers Size US 9

Vivienne Westwood Gold Label Moc-Croc Clompers Size US 9

By Vivienne Westwood

Located in Los Angeles, CA

-Iconic shoe from Vivienne Westwood -Made of brown moc-croc leather with chunky platform, ankle

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Early 2000s Italian High Heels

Vivienne Westwood White shredded hole high heels, Sz. 6.5
Vivienne Westwood White shredded hole high heels, Sz. 6.5

Vivienne Westwood White shredded hole high heels, Sz. 6.5

By Vivienne Westwood

Located in Berlin, DE

Vivienne Westwood White shredded hole high heels. Heels have white denim extensions with shoe

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Late 20th Century English Shoes

1993 Vivienne Westwood Black Patent Platform High Heels
1993 Vivienne Westwood Black Patent Platform High Heels

1993 Vivienne Westwood Black Patent Platform High Heels

Located in New York, NY

These Vivienne Westwood platform heels are a piece of fashion history! Infamous for causing Naomi

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1990s British Shoes

1993 Vivienne Westwood Black Patent Platform High Heel Shoes
1993 Vivienne Westwood Black Patent Platform High Heel Shoes

1993 Vivienne Westwood Black Patent Platform High Heel Shoes

By Vivienne Westwood

Located in New York, NY

A toned-down black patent version of the Vivienne Westwood shoes that Naomi Campbell infamously

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1990s English Shoes

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John Galliano for Christian Dior Silk Lace up Top and Skirt

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By John Galliano, Christian Dior

Located in Water Mill, NY

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GIVENCHY Couture Copper with Silver Brocade Suit w/ Velvet Trim Size 4

GIVENCHY Couture Copper with Silver Brocade Suit w/ Velvet Trim Size 4

By Givenchy

Located in Los Angeles, CA

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Alexander McQueen Asymmetric Dress with Chain Cutout SS 2006
Alexander McQueen Asymmetric Dress with Chain Cutout SS 2006

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By Alexander McQueen

Located in Water Mill, NY

A fabulous black silk jersey dress by Alexander McQueen. It is fitted with a scoop neckline, one short sleeve and a circular nude mesh cut out at one side covered with rows of drapi...

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Early 2000s Italian Evening Dresses and Gowns

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By Alexander McQueen

Located in Thiensville, WI

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Early 2000s Italian Blazers

New Emilio Pucci Runway Pumps Heels Wedges Sz 37
New Emilio Pucci Runway Pumps Heels Wedges Sz 37

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By Emilio Pucci

Located in Conroe, TX

Brand New Emilio Pucci Gorgeous Blue Suede Wedge Heels Size: 37 Suede Adjustable Ankle Strap Pucci Painted Cork Heel Heels: 5" Platforms: 1" New With Dust Cover

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21st Century and Contemporary Italian Shoes

Gucci F/W 2006 Runway Plunging Neckline Gold Metallic Mini Dress
Gucci F/W 2006 Runway Plunging Neckline Gold Metallic Mini Dress

Gucci F/W 2006 Runway Plunging Neckline Gold Metallic Mini Dress

By Gucci

Located in Naples, FL

Gucci F/W 2006 Runway Plunging Neckline Gold Metallic Mini Dress Size M Gucci gold metallic mini dress featuring plunging neckline, long sleeves and tie accents at neck. From the Fa...

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Vivienne Westwood Red Label Black Wool Tie-Neck Knit Shirt, 1990s
Vivienne Westwood Red Label Black Wool Tie-Neck Knit Shirt, 1990s

Vivienne Westwood Red Label Black Wool Tie-Neck Knit Shirt, 1990s

By Vivienne Westwood

Located in Los Angeles, CA

A sweet take on the classic black tee shirt. Vivienne Westwood Red Label circa 1990's. Long sleeve tapered waist silhouette. Key-hole cut out at neck with tie detail. 100% Italian wo...

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By Gucci, Tom Ford for Gucci

Located in Berlin, DE

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By Missoni

Located in San Diego, CA

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By Oscar De La Renta

Located in San Diego, CA

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By Tom Ford, Tom Ford for Yves Saint Laurent

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By Gucci

Located in Conroe, TX

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Early 2000s Italian Shoes

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By Alexander McQueen

Located in Beverly Hills, CA

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By Gucci, Tom Ford for Gucci

Located in Conroe, TX

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Early 2000s Italian Shoes

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Browse a vast assortment of vivienne westwood heels for sale on 1stDibs. Our collection of vivienne westwood heels includes a variety of colors, spanning beige, black, brown and more. The ideal items for you are waiting among the distinctive accessories we have available, which include versions made as long ago as the 20th Century as well as those produced as recently as the 21st Century. Finding appealing vivienne westwood heels such as these — no matter the origin — is easy, but Vivienne Westwood, Gucci and Worlds End each produced popular versions that are worth a look. Finding accessories for sale for women should be easy, but there are 2 pieces available to browse for men as well as unisex, too.

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The prices for vivienne westwood heels start at $102 and top out at $18,880 with these items, on average, selling for $4,450.

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For someone who regularly swatted away the industry that made her, audacious British fashion designer Dame Vivienne Westwood certainly knew her way around a garment. And she knew how to provoke. “I don’t follow fashion,” Westwood once told the New York Times. “I’ve never been interested in it.” Collectors are certainly interested in her work, and vintage Vivienne Westwood dresses, handbags, lingerie and jackets have become very desirable over the years.

Westwood was born Vivienne Isabel Swire in a village in Derbyshire, in central England, but moved to London as a teen. In the early 1960s, she began to make her own necklaces and other jewelry and met an artist, activist and entrepreneur named Malcolm McLaren. They became involved romantically and she made clothes for him in the style of the Teddy Boys — the city’s music-crazed, occasionally violent teenagers at the time who wore high-waisted trousers and tailored velvet blazers that drew on Edwardian-era fashions.

Westwood and McLaren opened a vintage shop on King’s Road in London in 1971. The flared denim and peasant blouses of the 1960s, then still popular with the “peace and love” set, didn’t hold any weight for Westwood. Instead, she was interested in provocative, edgy apparel. She repaired used clothing and endeavored to create bold new designs from scratch.

Together Westwood and McLaren sold older rock-and-roll records, customized T-shirts with antiestablishment slogans, biker jackets and snug trousers inspired by the Marlon Brando film The Wild One as well as bondage fetish wear. The shop, once called Let It Rock and then Too Fast to Live, Too Young to Die before Sex became a more appropriate moniker, evolved into a youth mecca. The DIY garments — zippered tops, burnt tees emblazoned with anarchist messages — flew off the shelves. More notably, it brought punk to the masses.

Westwood was soon dressing the Sex Pistols, a band that McLaren managed, all the while bridging the gap between music and fashion in a manner that has reverberated throughout the industry for decades.

In 1981, the couple’s first fashion show marked the debut of their Pirate collection — a swashbuckler-themed line that sprang from Westwood’s research into Indigenous Americans and the “power garments” of the Louis XIV era. The collection’s ample proportions and cutting-edge tailoring countered punk’s geometry and tight latex fits as well as what rocker Adam Ant called the “Puritanism” that plagued England at the time. The Pirate collection’s enduring influence on the world of fashion as well as the theatrical work of designers such as John Galliano and Alexander McQueen is undeniable.

For the colorful corsets of her 1990 Portrait collection, Westwood drew on 18th-century oil paintings — her models donned the pearl necklaces that have become a social media star and a favorite of influencers and fashion lovers all over the world. For a jacket-and-shorts suit from her Fall/Winter 1996–97 Storm in a Teacup line, the designer used the extreme asymmetry of a tartan mash-up to confront, according to Westwood, “the horror of uniformity and minimalism.”

The self-taught Westwood enjoyed a rapid ascent in fashion, with British society embracing her looks and Vogue immortalizing them in its glossy pages. She garnered accolades for introducing corsets to the runway and dressed Kate Moss and Helena Bonham Carter. And an original Vivienne Westwood wedding dress is featured in 2008’s Sex and the City film.

The fires of political and environmental activism burned brightly for Westwood: She was a Greenpeace ambassador, having designed the organization’s official “Save the Arctic” logo; her clothing brand is committed to using recycled canvas and other eco-friendly materials in the production process; and in 2020, she protested the extradition of Julian Assange by suspending herself in a bird cage outside London’s Old Bailey court. But she will always be the grande dame of British design.

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