Vivienne Westwood, Influential Fashion Maverick, Dies At 81

PARIS – OCTOBER 1: Vivienne Westwood appears backstage at her Spring/Summer 2008 Collection on October 1, 2007 in Paris. (Photo by Antonio de Moraes Barros Filho/WireImage) Antonio de Moraes Barros Filho via Getty Images LONDON (AP) — Vivienne Westwood, an influential fashion maverick who played a key role in the punk movement, died Thursday at 81. Westwood’s eponymous fashion house announced her death on social media platforms, saying she died peacefully. A cause of death was not disclosed. Advertisement Westwood’s fashion career began in the 1970s with the punk explosion, when her radical approach to urban street style took the… Read Full Article