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- Oct 2
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Vivienne Westwood Anglomania shirt,
This wool and cotton is from Vivienne Westwood’s Anglomania line, a diffusion brand born from the Autumn/Winter 1993 “Anglomania” collection. That show marked a turning point in Vivienne’s career, as she blended her radical punk roots with refined tailoring and a deep engagement with British heritage. The collection’s name, Anglomania, refers to the 18th-century obsession with English culture across Europe, which Vivienne reinterpreted with her own subversive irony.
The graphic on this shirt ( precise release year unclear ) first appeared in the 1993 runway show, printed on both a t-shirt and a handbag. The text itself evokes the symbol of all-night establishments: motels, delis, sex clubs, or brothels. Vivienne’s decision to join this imagery into high fashion was deliberate. In the show, the motif was seen on a handbag carried alongside an opulent couture-style gown, a juxtaposition that explores boundaries between elegance and vulgarity, tradition and transgression.
She forced her very posh audience to confront fashion as a site of contradiction: luxury coexisting with subculture, aristocratic codes colliding with street culture. These contrasts did more than shock, they articulated her vision of fashion as a way to do both social commentary and cultural satire.
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