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I'd like to suggest a Vivienne Westwood museum (or maybe something less deadening such as 'collection') as part of the Woods Mill redevelopment. It seems to me that simply replicating the retail malls with identical multiple chain stores that can be found all over the country will not in itself attract visitors or shoppers to Glossop. Why would anyone from Stockport, for instance, come here if all we can offer is a duplication of the retail and leisure facilities they already have in Grand Central? We need something unique and distinctive that can’t be found anywhere else. Glossop has already lost some of the quirky independent retailers such as Finlay Mackinlay and Purcell’s which gave the town centre its individuality and charm. 
Vivienne Westwood’s connection with the area is established
and sustained. It also ties in with the textile trade's historical role
in the town and with existing craft designers such as Christine
Waygood’s Soft Centre.As a public amenity the Vivienne Westwood museum would have to be owned and run by an independent trust with representatives of High Peak borough and Derbyshire county councils, academics (eg the Platt Hall Gallery of Costume), representatives of the textile industry and unions and, ideally, Dame Vivienne herself. The Victoria and Albert Museum already has a Vivienne Westwood collection which it might be persuaded to provide on permanent loan as the core exhibit. It would attract visitors from all over the world - maybe even Tintwistle - and provide a valuable educational resource for students of fashion and textiles. - Robin Thornber
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| Vivienne
Westwood born: 08-04-1941 birth place: Glossop, Derbyshire, UK Original and outrageous, British designer Vivienne Westwood is one of the most recognised and influential designers of the late twentieth century. By her mid twenties, Vivienne Westwood’s life seemed to be passing in a distinctly unremarkable way. At 25, she was married to an air steward, she lived in Willesden, went to church and taught in a local primary school. Then something remarkable happened - she met Malcolm Mclaren – future manager of the Sex Pistols, and he led her into the underground of the late 1960’s street. He lectured her on the political power of art and liberated her creative desires from their bondage in working class conformity. Westwood became a subversive seamstress of pop. Her first designs hung in Let it Rock on the King’s Road in 1971. Five years later the boutique, now named Sex, sold ripped T-shirts, chains and assorted bondage gear and Westwood was dressing Johnny Rotten and the Sex Pistols. The punk storm drove Westwood before it, putting her at the forefront of street culture but, as the drugs wore off and the hangover kicked in, Westwood was left thinking "what next?" Pirates were the answer. The early 1980s was the time of the New Romantics, an urban arts scene that eschewed gender distinctive dress to delight in the theatre of courtier costume and whirls of eyeliner. Catching their mood, Westwood looked back to the 19th Century for her first collection, which she called Pirates. With Pirates, Westwood’s success was secured. She showed in Paris in 1983 and never looked back. In the 1990s, her interest shifted into haute couture and she has made extensive use of British wools, tartans, tweeds and linens. She has been named British designer of the year three times. |
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