“The beauty of the world is the mouth of a labyrinth. The unwary individual who on entering takes a few steps is soon unable to find the opening. Worn out, with nothing to eat or drink, in the dark, separated from his dear ones, and from everything he loves and is accustomed to, he walks on without knowing anything or hoping anything, incapable even of discovering whether he is really going forward or merely turning round on the same spot. But this affliction is as nothing compared with the danger threatening him. For if he does not lose courage, if he goes on walking, it is absolutely certain that he will finally arrive at the center of the labyrinth. And there God is waiting to eat him. Later he will go out again, but he will be changed, he will have become different, after being eaten and digested by God. Afterward he will stay near the entrance so that he can gently push all those who come near into the opening.” - Simone Weil “The beauty of the world is the mouth of a labyrinth. The unwary individual who on entering takes a few steps is soon unable to find the opening. Worn out, with nothing to eat or drink, in the dark, separated from his dear ones, and from everything he loves and is accustomed to, he walks on without knowing anything or hoping anything, incapable even of discovering whether he is really going forward or merely turning round on the same spot. But this affliction is as nothing compared with the danger threatening him. For if he does not lose courage, if he goes on walking, it is absolutely certain that he will finally arrive at the center of the labyrinth. And there God is waiting to eat him. Later he will go out again, but he will be changed, he will have become different, after being eaten and digested by God. Afterward he will stay near the entrance so that he can gently push all those who come near into the opening.” - Simone Weil

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VIVIENNE WESTWOOD ANGLOMANIA TOGA SALON DRESS
VIVIENNE WESTWOOD ANGLOMANIA TOGA SALON DRESS
VIVIENNE WESTWOOD ANGLOMANIA TOGA SALON DRESS

VIVIENNE WESTWOOD ANGLOMANIA TOGA SALON DRESS

Vivienne Westwood has been at the epicentre of British fashion since she began selling her punk-inspired designs in Malcom McLaren’s influential Kings Road store, Sex, in the 1970s. The Dame of the British Empire revolutionized what is deemed appropriate to wear in public. Indeed, it was she who first introduced bondage trousers and other aspects of BDSM, along with safety pins and chains to the fashion mainstream. Her use of 17th and 18th century cutting techniques, especially the radical cutting lines she developed for men’s trousers, continue to be used and emulated today. Her work is politically charged and has run synonymous with the social changes of the last 50 years. This asymmetric cut, drop shoulder dress is a sublimation all over dye of a baroque salon on cotton fabric. Her work uses historic symbols of English antiquity as leverage to push towards the counter culture’s revolt against those power structures.  

Size: Small (Womens)
Material: 100% Cotton
Condition: Mint Vintage Condition

Measurements are taken with the garment laying flat.
Chest: 14.5”
Front Length: 39.5”
Shoulder to Shoulder: 15”
Waist: 11″
Sleeves from Shoulder: 17”


$350.00
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