Christie’s is honoured to have been entrusted with the
sale of Vivienne Westwood: The Personal Collection, which will be
offered across a live auction on 25 June, with an online sale running
alongside from 14–28 June. The sale will raise funds for the causes
Vivienne supported throughout her life, with proceeds going to support
The Vivienne Foundation, Amnesty International, Médecins Sans Frontières
and Greenpeace.
Vivienne Westwood: The Personal Collection comprises the
personal wardrobe of the late fashion designer and includes some of the
most important iconic looks that she created and wore during the last
four decades of her life. The wardrobe, which only contains garments,
shoes and jewellery by Dame Vivienne Westwood’s eponymously named
fashion house, is recognised as historically and culturally significant —
the earliest piece coming from the Witches collection for autumn/winter
1983/84. Dame Vivienne Westwood is recognised asone of the most
important Brithis Fashion Designer of all time