Vivienne Westwood, Influential Hipster Punk, Dies at 81

Vivienne Westwood, an influential style maverick who played a key role in action punk, died on Thursday at the age of 81.

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Westwood's eponymous-style residence featured her death on social media platforms, saying she died peacefully.

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"Vivienne persevered to do the things she loved, right down to the last moment, designing, making her art, writing her e-book

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Westwood's fashion career began in the 1970s, when her radical approach to streetwear took the world by storm.

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However, she went on to experience a long career highlighted by a series of successful runway shows and museum exhibits.

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The Westwood name became synonymous with style and mindset even as she shifted focus from year to 12 months

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The younger woman who had scorned the British establishment finally became one of its leading lights

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Andrew Bolton, curator of the Costume Institute at New York's Metropolitan Museum, said that Westwood and Sex Pistols manager Malcolm McLaren

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