An opportunity to learn more about the life, work and thinking of a revolutionary fashion designer, "Westwood: Punk, Icon, Activist" will be on screen at Ariosto Anteo spazioCinema, in Milan, on May 23. The film will be introduced by fashion and costume history lecturer of Fashion Design Area Liuba Popova and journalist Giuliana Matarrese. Below is the information about the talk and the documentary on Vivienne Westwood.
Talk and documentary: event info
Ariosto Anteo spazioCinema, via Ariosto 16, Milan
Tuesday, May 23, from 7:30 PM
Admission with ticket (with reduction for NABA students).
"Westwood: Punk, Icon, Activist": the talk and the documentary
Leading figure of the punk movement, brave entrepreneur and creative woman, icon, anarchist and social activist: Vivienne Westwood wrote an important chapter in the history of 70's fashion and influenced generations of designers. During the talk, Liuba Popova will face these aspects, enriching them with her own experience, which also stems from her encounters with the British fashion designer. After the talk, the film by director Lorna Tucker. The documentary includes rare backstage and archive footage illustrating the rise of Vivienne Westwood, her success and her independent and countercultural thinking.