Vivienne Westwood Colour-Block Platform Sandals
By Vivienne Westwood
Located in London, GB
Vivienne Westwood Colour-Block Platform Sandals Distinctive color-block design with gold and black twisted satin straps.
Vivienne Westwood Colour-Block Platform Sandals
By Vivienne Westwood
Located in London, GB
Vivienne Westwood Colour-Block Platform Sandals Distinctive color-block design with gold and black twisted satin straps.
$3,291Sale Price|20% Off
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, is credited with popularizing elevated heels in the early 1990s.
Vivienne Westwood black leather and suede platforms
By Vivienne Westwood
Located in London, GB
Vivienne Westwood black leather and suede platforms ca. 1990-1996
Vivienne Westwood red patent leather platforms, fw 1994
By Vivienne Westwood
Located in London, GB
Vivienne Westwood red patent leather platforms. Fall Winter 1994
Vivienne Westwood Britney Croc Embossed Calf Leather Platform Sandals
By Vivienne Westwood
Located in London, GB
Vivienne Westwood Britney Croc Embossed Calf Leather Platform Sandals Vibrant pink, platform sandals crafted from crocodile embossed calfskin leather.
Vivienne Westwood Runway 2013 Pirate Clomper Squiggle Print Platform Boots 36
By Vivienne Westwood
Located in Mechanicsville, VA
Vivienne Westwood Runway 2013 Pirate Clomper Squiggle Print Bondage Style Platform Boots 36 Color Tan / Nay Blue Size 36EU Heel Height (including platform) 5.5in Leather upper Leat...
Vivienne Westwood 'Cut, Slash & Pull' Open Toe High Sole Platforms, Circa 1991
By Vivienne Westwood
Located in London, GB
cA Pair of Vivienne Westwood high-soled open toe platform shoes covered in black satin with regular cuts throughout the surface, 'Cut, Slash & Pull' collection, spring-summer 1991.
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.
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 ( unworn/new ).
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 detachable front leather applique, front lace closure, pointed toe line, rubber sole, and c...
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, is credited with popularizing elevated heels in the early 1990s.
Vivienne Westwood Rocking Horse Shoes Black Leather Ballerina Platforms US6 UK5
By Vivienne Westwood
Located in Port Saint Lucie, FL
Custom made in 2011, these are authentic Vivienne Westwood rocking horse ballerina platforms. Preowned and we note signs of prior wear such as rubs and dings to leather, some marks a...
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Size: UK 8 - EU 36 - Small
Vivienne Westwood red rose print corset and platforms ensemble, ss 1993
By Vivienne Westwood
Located in London, GB
Vivienne Westwood red rose print 4 piece ensemble. Includes elevated cotton lace up platform boots (UK 6 - EU 39), layered chiffon mini skirt, chiffon blouse with elastic collar, cor...
Vivienne Westwood Rocking Horse Shoes Black Leather Ballerina Platforms US6 UK5
By Vivienne Westwood
Located in Port Saint Lucie, FL
Custom made in 2011, these are authentic Vivienne Westwood rocking horse ballerina platforms! In very good preowned condition overall with minor signs of use such as some minor rubs ...
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Size: UK 7, approximate US 10
Vivienne Westwood Tea Garden Print Blue Gold and Red Platform Sandals
By Vivienne Westwood
Located in San Francisco, CA
Rare Vivienne Westwood Elevated Slave style sandal in the designer's iconic blue, red, and gold Tea Garden print.
Vivienne Westwood Black Patent Leather "Gillie" 1993 Shoes
Located in New York, NY
Vivienne Westwood 1993 sky high platform's are part of fashion history when Gillie shoe was worn by Naomi Campell with her famous runway fall.In the runway video of Naomi her Gi...
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.
Vivienne Westwood black leather platform buckle boots, ss 1992
By Vivienne Westwood
Located in London, GB
Vivienne Westwood black leather platform buckle boots. UK 4 Salon, Spring-Summer 1992
Vivienne Westwood multicoloured tartan wool lace-up platforms, fw 1993
By Vivienne Westwood
Located in London, GB
▪ Vivienne Westwood tartan wool platform court shoes ▪ Pink ribbon lace-up fastening ▪U.K. 6 - EU 39 ▪ Fall-Winter 1993
Vivienne Westwood black patent leather three strap platform pumps, fw 1994
By Vivienne Westwood
Located in London, GB
▪ Vivienne Westwood lack patent leather platform pumps ▪ Three buckle straps ▪U.K. 6 - EU 39 ▪ Fall-Winter 1994
Vivienne Westwood black leather platform 3 strap heels, AW 1994
By Vivienne Westwood
Located in London, GB
Autumn-Winter 1994
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Size: UK 4 - EU 37 - US 5.5
Vivienne Westwood black mock-croc super-elevated platform pumps, fw 1993
By Vivienne Westwood
Located in London, GB
▪ Vivienne Westwood super-elevated platform pumps ▪ 'Anglomania', Fall-Winter 1993 ▪ Museum Grade ▪ Constructed from black leather with croc-effect finish ▪ 8 inch heel ▪ Conceale...
1993 Vivienne Westwood Black Patent Platform High Heels
Located in New York, NY
These Vivienne Westwood platform heels are a piece of fashion history!
Vivienne Westwood 1993"Gillie"platform's, Naomi's famed fall sz 8
Located in Cloverdale, CA
Vivienne Westwood 1993 sky high platform's, Fashion history, these are the same style of Naomi Campell's famed fall.
1993 Vivienne Westwood Black Patent Platform High Heel Shoes
By Vivienne Westwood
Located in New York, NY
True vintage 1990s Westwood platform heels
Ralph Lauren Collection Purple Label Evening Gown with Red Flower S/S 2012 Sz 6
By Ralph Lauren Purple Label
Located in Saint Petersburg, FL
Ralph Lauren Collection Purple Label - Full length white evening gown with dramatic red flower. Spring/Summer 2012 Size 6 US
Yves Saint Laurent YSL Rive Gauche New Blue Plunging Silk Halter Top
By Yves Saint Laurent
Located in San Diego, CA
New with tags YVES SAINT LAURENT 'Rive Gauche" Spring / Summer 2012 blue silk halter top! Sexy plunge with a perfectly tailored bodice. Hidden zipper up the side with hook-and-e...
Beautiful Bill Blass Vintage Sz 6 / 8 Navy Blue Silk Satin 90s Gown + Shawl
By Bill Blass
Located in San Diego, CA
Beautiful 1990s BILL BLASS Couture navy blue silk satin strapless mermaid gown and matching shawl. Strapless bodice features a super soft silk velvet in navy. Interior support holds ...
$1,969
Size: Recommended Size; UK 8 - 10
A/W 1997 Givenchy Alexander McQueen Green Cheetah Animal Print Velvet Skirt Suit
By Alexander McQueen, Givenchy
Located in Sheffield, GB
A Superb Autumn / Winter 1997 Givenchy suit by Alexander McQueen. Comprising a tailored jacket with rounded collar and high waisted pencil skirt. Crafted in a forest green Cheetah pr...
Yves Saint Laurent Navy Blue 8.5 Rhinestone Vintage Heels Shoes Avant Garde
By Yves Saint Laurent
Located in San Diego, CA
Beautiful vintage Yves Saint Laurent YSL navy blue heels! Avant Garde detailing, with 'wings' at each outer side. Triangle rhinestone detail that accents the 'wings.' Architectural s...
Chanel Lurex Linen Mini Tote
By Chanel
Located in New York, NY
Chanel Mini Tote in lurex linen with gold leather lining. Linen is metallic gold with over quilting with signature chain handles. Charming miniature shopping bag size with logo clasp...
$120Sale Price|50% Off
CHRISTIAN LOUBOUTIN Lady Peep 130 fuchsia hot pink platform high heel shoes EU36
By Christian Louboutin
Located in Hong Kong, NT
CHRISTIAN LOUBOUTIN Lady Peep 130 fuchsia hot pink platform high heel shoes EU36 Reference: TGAS/A03402 Brand: Christian Louboutin Model: Lady Peep 130 Material: Patent Leather Color...
GIANNI VERSACE COUTURE S/S 2000 Purple Silk Blouse Shawl Collar Swarovski 38
By Gianni Versace Couture
Located in Switzerland, CH
Beautiful GIANNI VERSACE COUTURE SS 2000 silk blouse Shawl collar Finest light purple fabric Versace SS 2000 Jungle Collection Extremely versatile Swarovski crystal buttons Made in I...
$333Sale Price|35% Off
Size: 37
Azzedine Alaïa Women's Leopard Calf Skin Platform Ankle Boots, Size 37
By Azzedine Alaïa
Located in London, GB
Stunning Alaia platform ankle boots. Bought for €1395, worn once for an indoor magazine shoot and really as new with box and dustbag. Made from leopard print calf skin, they have hik...
Vintage Tom Ford for Gucci S/S 1998 Red Crocodile Crystal G Sandals Shoes 40 C
By Gucci, Tom Ford for Gucci
Located in Montgomery, TX
Vintage Tom Ford for Gucci Red Crocodile Shoes Sandals S/S 1998 Collection Designer size 40 C - US 10 C Limited Edition, Genuine Crocodile, Crystal G on One Heel, Leather Insole & So...
La Perla Blue Lace Bustier Slip Dress - '00s
Located in Milano, Lombardia
An exquisite example of La Perla’s mastery in lingerie craftsmanship, this delicate slip dress is rendered in intricate floral lace in a soft periwinkle blue tone. The silhouette is...
1890S Purple Wool Victorian With Taffeta Cape
Located in New York, NY
1890S Purple Wool Victorian With Taffeta Cape
LES HABITUDES 90's Vintage Couture Hand-Beaded w. Pearls White Silk Bridal Gown
By Eavis & Brown
Located in Leonardo, NJ
Les Habitudes / Eavis & Brown Couture created, entirely hand-made in a London atelier Vintage 1990's Heavy 100% ivory white silk (might look a little more cream on the hanger, bu...
$21,269
Size: FR42 - UK14 - US10
Christian Dior by John Galliano Lamb & Twill Jacquard Cropped Jacket, FW 2006
By Christian Dior, John Galliano for Christian Dior
Located in London, GB
Christian Dior by John Galliano cropped jacket from the Fall-Winter 2006 collection in deep burgundy. Constructed with hair-on lamb forming a wide shawl collar and overlapping front ...
Vivienne Westwood taupe lace and knitted adjustable bra, ss 1996
By Vivienne Westwood
Located in London, GB
Vivienne Westwood taupe rib-knit bra with lace trim and drawstring bow fastening Spring-Summer 1996
$1,267Sale Price|35% Off
Size: 38.5
New Vintage Tom Ford for Yves Saint Laurent YSL Collectible Heels Sz 38.5
By Tom Ford for Yves Saint Laurent, Yves Saint Laurent
Located in Conroe, TX
Yves Saint Laurent Heels Brand New Size: 38.5 * Tom Ford Era Final Collection Heels This Collection was Featured at the Metropolitan Museum of Art * Metallic Covered Heel * Double...
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.
Find an extraordinary range of vintage Vivienne Westwood shirts, shoes, gowns and other items today on 1stDibs.
The designer's modern take on a centuries-old wardrobe staple is still in demand today.
The style icon sported a dress by a fellow Brit for her big day.
The shorts suit in a mash-up of patterns with an asymmetrical cut speaks to the designer’s rebellious spirit.