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Tuesday 17 June 2014

Beauty at any age: Vivienne Westwood



This fantastic image of Vivienne Westwood is by the photographer Andy Gotts. Famous for shooting naturalistic portraits of Hollywood stars and other famous people, I saw his 'Behind the Mask' exhibition for BAFTA. In an interview with Notes on the Road, Gotts describes how he works:

'I am a 'one man band.' I have no assistants at each shoot, and no PR people around. A shoot where there are literally two people in the room provides a more relaxed element. I also do not retouch my shots – they are "warts 'n' all," and are a true depiction of the talent, and not a glossy ideal of how they look.'

That's what we like. Oh and how fabulous is Dame Viv's grey crop? The 73-year-old designer and campaigner has a memoir out in October - should be a fascinating read.



15 comments:

  1. Now this is what I call a beautiful woman. Comfortable in her own skin and at ease in the world.

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  2. Love her and her clothes, but I thought she had cut out the colour to show her natural grey rather than go blonde

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  3. Love her look and her confidence.

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  4. She's an inspiration to all women.

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  5. Absolutely stunning! I actually like this look better on her than her trademark red locks .

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  6. She looks so strong and confident. I love the image.

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  7. Very beautiful. And yet, it reminds me to get pro help with my eyebrows when I am her age...This seems a common issue for elderly women. Note to self.

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  8. Very beautiful. And yet, it reminds me to get pro help with my eyebrows when I am her age...This seems a common issue for elderly women. Note to self.

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  9. Elle, pretty sure Viv's entire look, including the brows, is deliberate and part of her style.

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  10. I adore this photo of Vivienne Westwood. Seventy-three looks amazing and inspiring, with beauty an spell-binding character.

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  11. What a great site. I am male and have always admired more mature people. This I guess is because of my grandmother Suzanna Fournier, who epitomised style all of her life. One day she would wear an egg shell Chanel, the next a Miyake ensemble. She had long white hair, always worn in a bun. My biggest inspiration.
    Keep up the great work. Also glad to see these pages don't have people with plastic surgery. Madonna always complains about ageism, but does nothing about getting older as she is still trying to look 25, unfortunately the surgery she had had lately makes her look older than her age. Someone should remind her that even Joan Rivers has smooth wrinkle free skin. :-)

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