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McLaren recalls how the princess was an unlikely visitor to the end of the world
McLaren discusses its punk staple, the Bondage pants
How the designer created one of the greatest splurges of all time
McLaren describes the thoughts behind his legendary gay cowboy t-shirts
What were the main influences on the partnership?
McLaren’s Cultural Terrorists
Since his Let It Rock debut, Westwood
The concept was to make the garments look bad. The duo set about deconstructing the material, repairing and customizing it, twisting the collars of the T-shirts and memorably printing a line of provocative T-shirts that were meant to offend those who wore them. and the designers themselves to be dragged down the docks under the obscenity index. The shocking tactic of photographs of inverted crucifixes, swastikas, pornography and naked jeans caused an uproar at the time.
However, by the time the rest of the world caught on to the punk fashion revolution attributed to them, the duo had already reinvented themselves. This time, Vivienne had delved into a book on eighteenth-century models, examining the French revolutionary caricatures and the excessive models they documented. Showing his studies to McLaren, he replied that the youngsters wouldn’t understand: “Discover the brilliance of the Pirates!Pirates are another form of punk. Based on this inspiration, their store at 430 King’s Road has been reimagined and rebranded as World’s End, a shipment in the form of pirate-inspired clothing. Wearing brocades, breeches, asymmetrical shirts, and posted in African-inspired shades of mustard yellow, saffron, and orange (dyed five times for intensity), the Westwood and McLaren buccaneers were dressed in a fusion of tribal attire, antique costumes, and modern club attire with accessories, with arcane accessories like bicorn hats, buckled boots, and gold-leaf-covered teeth.
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