FASHION DESIGNER

Vivienne Westwood

1941 - 2022

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Dame Vivienne Isabel Westwood (née Swire; 8 April 1941 – 29 December 2022) was an English fashion designer and businesswoman, largely responsible for bringing modern punk and new wave fashions into the mainstream. In 2022, Sky Arts ranked her the 4th most influential artist in Britain of the last 50 years. Westwood came to public notice when she made clothes for the boutique that she and Malcolm McLaren ran on King's Road, which became known as Sex. Read more on Wikipedia

Since 2007, the English Wikipedia page of Vivienne Westwood has received more than 5,803,161 page views. Her biography is available in 53 different languages on Wikipedia (up from 42 in 2019). Vivienne Westwood is the 8th most popular fashion designer (down from 7th in 2019), the 313th most popular biography from United Kingdom (up from 340th in 2019) and the most popular British Fashion Designer.

Vivienne Westwood is most famous for her designs for the punk movement in the 1970s.

Memorability Metrics

  • 5.8M

    Page Views (PV)

  • 67.92

    Historical Popularity Index (HPI)

  • 53

    Languages Editions (L)

  • 6.37

    Effective Languages (L*)

  • 3.88

    Coefficient of Variation (CV)

Among FASHION DESIGNERS

Among fashion designers, Vivienne Westwood ranks 8 out of 51. Before her are Karl Lagerfeld, Yves Saint Laurent, Christian Dior, Pierre Cardin, Calvin Klein, and Cristóbal Balenciaga. After her are Ralph Lauren, Maurizio Gucci, Hubert de Givenchy, Donatella Versace, Tommy Hilfiger, and Elsa Schiaparelli.

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Contemporaries

Among people born in 1941, Vivienne Westwood ranks 26. Before her are Mahmoud Darwish, Franco Nero, Graham Chapman, Harry Nilsson, Ryan O'Neal, and Charlie Watts. After her are Julia Kristeva, Jon Lord, Tadao Ando, Jon Brower Minnoch, Laura Antonelli, and Fausto Cercignani. Among people deceased in 2022, Vivienne Westwood ranks 19. Before her are Leonid Kravchuk, Ayman al-Zawahiri, Olivia Newton-John, Madeleine Albright, Monica Vitti, and Ben Roy Mottelson. After her are Yusuf al-Qaradawi, Robbie Coltrane, José Eduardo dos Santos, Francisco Gento, Uwe Seeler, and Kane Tanaka.

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In United Kingdom

Among people born in United Kingdom, Vivienne Westwood ranks 313 out of 8,785. Before her are Thomas Becket (1119), Harold Wilson (1916), Arthur, Prince of Wales (1486), Mary of Teck (1867), Robert Fripp (1946), and Elizabeth Woodville (1437). After her are Frederick Sanger (1918), Jacqueline Bisset (1944), Stanley Matthews (1915), Arthur Harden (1865), Jon Lord (1941), and John Hurt (1940).

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Among FASHION DESIGNERS In United Kingdom

Among fashion designers born in United Kingdom, Vivienne Westwood ranks 1. After her are Mary Quant (1930), Charles Frederick Worth (1825), Lucy, Lady Duff-Gordon (1863), and Sarah Burton (1974).

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