Newsnight archives (1991) - Vivienne Westwood

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  • In 1991, on the occasion of Paris fashion week, Newsnight invited designer Vivienne Westwood onto the programme to discuss movements in the fashion industry, with unexpected results. * SUBSCRIBE to get our latest videos bbc.in/1iouM30 *

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  • @theotherlindsayrickman
    @theotherlindsayrickman 8 ปีที่แล้ว +59

    He straight up just asked her why we need beauty and art in life.

    • @BLTKellys
      @BLTKellys ปีที่แล้ว +1

      Art and beauty are not synonymous.

    • @deborahcurtis1385
      @deborahcurtis1385 ปีที่แล้ว

      Yes a question which she wasn't expecting. Usually an interviewer will give a heads-up if they are going to ask something so broad ranging as that, which is actually a philosophical question. She's a fashion designer and was expecting to discuss her own career.
      He asked that straight up presumably to throw her off her game, since instead of asking a followup to help her clarify her thoughts, he left her floundering. For instance, he could have said as a followup: how do you see your influence on society as an artist and designer? Instead he was asking her to justify the existence of art and design as a whole. Need? Need? She could have asked what he meant by that question. Because we can survive without art and beauty but it would be a desolate existence. He's a bit of an @hole.

    • @royfr8136
      @royfr8136 2 หลายเดือนก่อน

      beauty and art.... = fashion ???? 🤣🤣

    • @patrick07124
      @patrick07124 2 หลายเดือนก่อน

      @@royfr8136 beauty and art cover fashion

  • @Thesaeed23
    @Thesaeed23 6 ปีที่แล้ว +40

    Why can't people be nice about this very artistic and creative woman? Her heart is in the right place and she is very passionate about the things that she believes in. She does not conform and is one of the most innovative fashion designers. She clearly is having problems with gathering her thoughts and articulating herself during the course of this live interview. She lives and breathes Art, beauty and fashion as well as other political issues. But she is clearly struggling with providing an answer to the question with intellectual grasp and depth. She is a creative genius and let her art speak for itself! I know many creative people like her and just accept her as she is. That's just her. She is a very talented and vulnerable lady. I used to adore her clothes. I can not express how majestic some of her clothes made me feel in my youth.

  • @freyalenton8983
    @freyalenton8983 3 ปีที่แล้ว +24

    No way! You wear clothes you feel comfortable in?? Comfort over appearance, Vivienne makes both comfort and stylish. People laugh at her however she’s a forward thinker, she has a futuristic mind and it’s almost like she predicts the future trends in years and years to come! People mock her designs on a chat show yet she’s just showcasing her style and what she stands for, she doesn’t expect people to wear them! She has an actual collection for that! Peoples problem back then was that they didn’t become adventurous with clothing, style and step outside their comfort zone, that’s why everyone thought her clothes were hilarious because she brought something new and fresh and something so unique to the world. And she’s helped so many people discover themselves through clothes.

    • @deborahcurtis1385
      @deborahcurtis1385 ปีที่แล้ว +3

      She was copied by others who followed and without attribution. Creatives and artists don't always acknowledge sources, and she led the way so often.

  • @uszatku9417
    @uszatku9417 5 ปีที่แล้ว +20

    Pure classic Westwood; genius and utterly uncontrolled - love her!

  • @hallson2917
    @hallson2917 ปีที่แล้ว +6

    R.I.P Ms Westwood!

  • @gogoyubari366
    @gogoyubari366 6 ปีที่แล้ว +11

    She is beautiful.

  • @PeterPan-qb3tb
    @PeterPan-qb3tb 5 ปีที่แล้ว +13

    She is genius even in 1991 she sums up the current fashion industry in 2018

  • @patrick07124
    @patrick07124 2 หลายเดือนก่อน +1

    i can't believe it is a conversation that happened in 1991
    it is still relevant and applicable to today's circumstances

  • @brianabouttown256
    @brianabouttown256 5 ปีที่แล้ว +20

    She was just a little nervous
    Otherwise, her thoughts were well stated

    • @laxeystu8096
      @laxeystu8096 3 ปีที่แล้ว +6

      She's very thoughtful, and it can take time to gather thoughts

    • @deborahcurtis1385
      @deborahcurtis1385 ปีที่แล้ว +1

      He was bullying her IMO. Clearly he holds her in contempt.

  • @EricB256
    @EricB256 3 ปีที่แล้ว +8

    How rude of the interviewer to ask a major fashion designer "what if all major fashion houses went bankrupt today?"
    Also, there is very little context to this clip. I'd also have trouble understanding it if I hadn't grown up in a family of tailors.

    • @deborahcurtis1385
      @deborahcurtis1385 ปีที่แล้ว

      Yes he revealed himself to be ignorant and a bit of a bully.

    • @sianwarwick633
      @sianwarwick633 9 หลายเดือนก่อน

      Mmm. He would never have a sports car enthusiast on, and ask them to justify their expensive hobby

  • @blackvirgo09
    @blackvirgo09 ปีที่แล้ว +2

    Rip master 🙏

  • @MostlyLoveOfMusic
    @MostlyLoveOfMusic 8 ปีที่แล้ว +14

    Sounds harsh but I can't honestly believe Vivienne was 50 years old in 1991 - she looked 70 then and she's 74 now in 2015

    • @ajs41
      @ajs41 8 ปีที่แล้ว +5

      +dgmcl3284 She probably just had a great time in the 60s and 70s and that took its toll on her appearance.

    • @sianwarwick633
      @sianwarwick633 9 หลายเดือนก่อน

      She had a 40s and 50s style, which she kept up in her 40s and 50s and onwards. She didn't want to ape the, for example, Cali-blond, smoothy face, smoothy hair look, which reduces everyone to looking like an aged 25 yr old. She created looks that had texture, sensuality and maturity. Her style referred to French Louis XIV shoes, and creating a walking artwork. This may seem like too much for us, but it wasn't for her.

  • @bevelieshember3757
    @bevelieshember3757 6 ปีที่แล้ว +4

    Well done too, Colin McDowell

  • @ursulageorgeson7086
    @ursulageorgeson7086 3 หลายเดือนก่อน

    Men have this beautiful ability to challenge eachother directly and duel as soon as they are threatened which can work brilliantly in formats like a Paxman interview.
    Westwood was female, through and through.

  • @blackvirgo09
    @blackvirgo09 ปีที่แล้ว +1

    Wow

  • @ivomuzik8199
    @ivomuzik8199 8 ปีที่แล้ว +2

    Can someone explain to me wtf I just whitnessed? XD. I don't get it...

  • @olivermcerlean8386
    @olivermcerlean8386 5 ปีที่แล้ว +13

    He was wrong then, and is still wrong now. She, on the other hand, made sense then and it still rings true. Paxman was always a condescending ignoramus.

    • @deborahcurtis1385
      @deborahcurtis1385 ปีที่แล้ว

      A thousand thumbs up for that. I'm not familiar with the guy but he understands very little about art and should stick to topics which he does understand. He was appealing to the ignorance out there, who would have all artists starving in the garrets. Wait. Most already are. When a few succeed they must be punished by the likes of him.

  • @Strider_JM
    @Strider_JM 8 ปีที่แล้ว +19

    What the hell was that?

  • @rigariga
    @rigariga 6 ปีที่แล้ว +1

    可愛い声だよなこの人

  • @jessieseayajx87
    @jessieseayajx87 3 ปีที่แล้ว +2

    what is this guy talking about??

    • @sianwarwick633
      @sianwarwick633 9 หลายเดือนก่อน

      He has no idea. The producers wanted to get her defend her ideas of fashion and individuality, and she refused to play into the game

  • @careverga8624
    @careverga8624 3 ปีที่แล้ว

    Highooff...nice...😁😁😁😈❤❤

  • @permijitdunkley1697
    @permijitdunkley1697 ปีที่แล้ว +1

    and try and relax...

  • @slave4glue
    @slave4glue 6 ปีที่แล้ว +5

    What a car crash, Jesus...

  • @royfr8136
    @royfr8136 2 หลายเดือนก่อน

    She can't answer because there is no answer...

  • @tf-zy9fs
    @tf-zy9fs 3 ปีที่แล้ว +1

    Only the rich can afford to wear her clothes what happend to fashion for everyone the division is so obvious.

    • @Lilmonkmonk
      @Lilmonkmonk 2 ปีที่แล้ว +1

      Fashion for everyone is George asda and primark.
      I bought a vivwest watch for £130 - paid with klarna in 3 payments of £43...I'm no where near rich. I wish I was lol

    • @tf-zy9fs
      @tf-zy9fs 2 ปีที่แล้ว +1

      @@Lilmonkmonk Thats great about the watch but im talking her clothes line shoes bags etc .

    • @deborahcurtis1385
      @deborahcurtis1385 ปีที่แล้ว

      There is paradox everywhere in life. She clearly has stated that she uses her fashion house to fund her political activities and causes. It seems perfectly reasonable to me. But of course she's got to be seen as stupid, maybe because she's a woman.

    • @whatever4566
      @whatever4566 ปีที่แล้ว +1

      because she wants people to buy less, if it was cheap people would buy a lot.

  • @curiousalien9464
    @curiousalien9464 8 ปีที่แล้ว +6

    What is wrong with this women?

    • @nickilovesdogs8137
      @nickilovesdogs8137 8 ปีที่แล้ว +4

      +Curious Alien They used negative hypnosis on her.

    • @nickilovesdogs8137
      @nickilovesdogs8137 8 ปีที่แล้ว +3

      +Curious Alien I was a target of that once in LA when I collected signatures for saving the whales and a guy came out of the 99 Cent Store and bombarded me with his fake smile and fake questions. I was like muted, it felt like my brain was on hold. Later I realized that he hypnotized me. Luckily it cleared up not long after he left.

  • @roderickfiske4769
    @roderickfiske4769 ปีที่แล้ว +1

    She makes no sense.

  • @SAGHAJAR
    @SAGHAJAR 3 ปีที่แล้ว +1

    I never liked her style of fashion.

    • @deborahcurtis1385
      @deborahcurtis1385 ปีที่แล้ว +2

      Thanks for being so unhelpful. This is not a poll on like/dislike. You could have at least made a contribution by saying at least why, it could be some kind of critique, but you couldn't even be bothered doing that.
      You won't notice then that she is now dead. She despised laziness and people who didn't know what they stand for.

    • @Househead1200
      @Househead1200 ปีที่แล้ว

      Me neither. Nor Malcolm the impresario McLaren

    • @deborahcurtis1385
      @deborahcurtis1385 ปีที่แล้ว +1

      @@Househead1200 Yes but neither of you give any reasons nor show depth of understanding about her work. For instance her 'style' changed massively over the years. Plus she continued to evolve separately to McLaren. She realised that post punk she needed to hone her craft and she did that meticulously and broadly. I don't see her and McLaren as the same people at all. Not that I think everything Westwood did was great. Like most artists she produced some duds. But she led the way very often and her heart was in the right place. IMO.

  • @bangtwang3835
    @bangtwang3835 6 ปีที่แล้ว

    Ol Viv is looking a little grey. If she is actually dead......how are they making it talk ?