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Vivienne Westwood talk at London Design Festival

“Everything we do is subsidising rich people”   Dame Vivienne Westwood net worth $50 million. I recently attended a London Design Festival talk by Vivienne Westwood titled ‘Sustainability Revolution: The Role of Activism in Designing a Sustainable Future’ and I want to talk about it. The title of the talk was merely an aspiration written by someone hopeful at the festival and it is a topic that would best suit Westwood to talk about, as someone who is known for her activist ethos and punk mentality. But obviously and admirably she does what she wants, and she decided to not talk about about activism or her role in designing for a sustainable future at all.  I went because I was interested in how her brand has evolved and the importance of sustainability in her work. I wanted to know how she can position herself a as a designer and head of a luxury fashion empire, (an industry that in the UK has the forth largest environmental impact after housing, transport a

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what is soft thoughts?

it is a podcast that is flexible, twisting and soft, just like the myriad of textiles we love and wear and see in our every day lives.

we want to chat about textiles, with people we know, people we don't know, and everyone in between. we want to be accessible and academic, silly and a wee bit ridiculous, an attempt at bridging the gap between those that practise textiles and those that wear them - the every day and the artists!

ruby is a royal college of art graduate of knitted textiles, an illustrator, textiles researcher and defender of the kardashians.

jean is a royal college of art student of knitted textiles, maker of weird jumpers, and a lover of soft things and the memories they hold.


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