Mandatory Credit: Photo by Elisa Leonelli/Shutterstock (10361652bf)Vivienne Westwood 1-5. Punk fashion designer (with Malcolm McLaren, manager of Sex Pistols), at her boutique 'Seditionaries: Clothes for Heroes' 430 Kings Road,Various, London, UK - 1977
1971年，當魏斯伍德Westwood與前衛的龐克樂團性手槍Sex Pistols的經理人馬康麥拉林Malcolm McLaren(兩人後來有了一個孩子)相遇後，他們在倫敦切爾西區Chelsea開了一間精品店。 為配合她的時裝系列推出，國王路430號店面從「搖滾吧Let It Rock」開始歷經了一連串的改名命運，包括「活得太快，死又太早Too Young To Die, To Fast To Live」，到1974年的「性 SEX」。
Mandatory Credit: Photo by Shutterstock (60980a)Alan Jones, Chrissie Hynde, Jordan and Vivienne Westwood at Westwood's shop 'Sex', Kings Road, London - 1976Various - 1976
1977年，就在性手槍團隊Sex Pistols的單曲《God Save The Queen》登上《新音樂快遞NME》雜誌排行榜第一名時，這家精品店又被重新命名為「叛亂份子Seditionaries」，以反映出一種新的審美觀與態度，進而將這股前衛而放肆的另類風潮推至巔峰，也就是著名的龐克搖滾風潮。
Vivienne Westwood World's End Fashion show “Pirates”, Autumn/Winter 1981-82, the first catwalk show of Vivienne Westwood and Malcolm McLaren, at Olympia, London, 22 October 1981. (Photo by David Corio/Redferns)
然而，當她與馬康Malcolm的合作關係結束後，她仍持續以劃時代的設計主導著時尚產業。
Vivienne Westwood World's End Fashion show “Pirates”, Autumn/Winter 1981-82, the first catwalk show of Vivienne Westwood and Malcolm McLaren, at Olympia, London, 22 October 1981. (Photo by David Corio/Redferns)
Vivienne Westwood World's End Fashion show “Pirates”, Autumn/Winter 1981-82, the first catwalk show of Vivienne Westwood and Malcolm McLaren, at Olympia, London, 22 October 1981. (Photo by David Corio/Redferns)
Mandatory Credit: Photo by Chris Barham/Daily Mail/Shutterstock (1026150a)1987 London Fashion Week. Picture Shows Sara Stockbridge On The Catwalk Wearing A Creation By Vivienne Westwood. 1987 London Fashion Week. Picture Shows Sara Stockbridge On The Catwalk Wearing A Creation By Vivienne Westwood.
她那極具影響力的Harris Tweed 1987年秋冬時裝系列的靈感源自於某天她在火車上看見的一個小女孩。她在2011年接受英國《獨立報 The Independent》的專訪時，是這麼形容的:「她不可能超過14歲，綁著包包頭，穿著Harris Tweed的外套，揹著一個包包，包裡放著一雙芭蕾舞鞋。她站在那裡，看起來十分冷靜且沉著。」
English fashion designer Vivienne Westwood posed in London in 1987. (Photo by John Stoddart/Popperfoto via Getty Images)
British fashion designer Vivienne Westwood with her assistant Andreas Kronthaler (later to become her husband). Pictured at London's Heathrow Airport, heading to Paris, 20th October 1991. (Photo by Victor Crawshaw/Mirrorpix/Getty Images)
Fashion designer and environmental campaigner Vivienne Westwood rides on top of an armored personnel carrier (APC) towards the home of British Prime Minister David Cameron's home in Chadlington, Oxfordshire on September 11, 2015 to highlight the Government's plan to use hydraulic fracturing (fracking) to recover fossil fuels from the ground in regions of the north of England. The vehicle parked outside the prime minister's home before a group of protestors in gas masks led chants and held banners calling for the Government to change it's policy on the controversial plans. AFP PHOTO / LEON NEAL (Photo credit should read LEON NEAL/AFP via Getty Images)