Get a Life: The Diaries of Vivienne Westwood

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While the diary was written, primarily, with the intention of warning people of the danger we’re in from climate change (a subject that feels particularly pertinent given fracking’s recent UK go-ahead, despite a rejection from Lancashire council), it is, as Vivienne puts it, also a great thing to do for yourself.

Her thinking on culture and the importance of engaging with the world to develop culture (not consumption) was very clear and inspiring. Fashion designer, political activist, national icon: Vivienne Westwood sets down her unique vision of the world in her blog, Get A Life.

I find her fascinating and whilst I don't always agree with her and can't see the point she is trying to make on many occasions; I was still looking forward to reading her 'diary'. Dame Vivienne Westwood, DBE, RDI (born Vivienne Isabel Swire) was a British fashion designer largely responsible for bringing modern punk and new wave fashions into the mainstream. And, to clarify, nothing she says is of the hateful manner, so it's the little things like what does art really mean?

Get a Lifeis a fresh, unpredictable look at the life of one of the most influential artists and campaigners of our times. At yoga, I suddenly had the stunning revelation that Alice in Wonderland, a book written by Lewis Carroll, actually proves Einstein’s theory of relativity.Spanning six years of Climate Revolution, fashion and activism, the book is as provocative as you would expect from Britain’s punk dame. This book is in the form of a journal that Vivienne kept from 2010 through 2016, containing drawings, art she admired and photographs. She lives a busy, busy life - and as she records her daily routine we begin to get to know this woman - in an intimate productive way. Vivienne Westwood began Get A Life, her online diary, in 2010 with an impassioned post about Native American activist Leonard Peltier. Then again, Vivienne might be hanging out with her friend Pamela Anderson, or in India for Naomi Campbell's birthday party, or watching Black Sabbath in Hyde Park with Sharon Osbourne.

To be so full of energy and life at her age - and to rally against what you believe is detrimental to the future - environmental, creative and judicious. Not only was Vivienne Westwood a punk icon and fashion inventor, she was also an activist for climate change and a major supporter and friend of Julian Assange.I will surely remember this book but found it naive sometimes to believe you can do anything to influence few thousands people in the world who rule 7 billion. You might find Vivienne highlighting tribal communities’ struggles to maintain the rainforest; another might see her visiting Julian Assange in the Ecuadorian Embassy, or driving up to David Cameron‘s house in the Cotswolds in a full-on tank. remarked many times by Lee and John as the the one who introduced punk to fashion in the 70's and 80's. And then there are the personal colour photographs, fashion, celebrities, musings and reflections; the passion that is Vivienne Westwood. Westwood advanced from OBE to DBE in the 2006 New Year's Honours List for services to fashion,and had thrice earned the award for British Designer of the Year.

Reading Vivienne's thoughts, in her own words, is as fascinating and provocative as you would expect from Britain's punk dame - a woman who always says exactly what she believes. She knows she thinks differently than the status quo, and because of that, she sometimes must explain herself. I liked this but I didn't rate it higher only because I didn't always agree with some of her ideas and sweeping generalisations. At last, I wanted to cry out, a celebrity who recognizes that politicians only care about themselves and who cares about the earth and who will actually do things about the things she cares about. Very motivating read, to Vivennes's way of thinking and the time she devotes for environmental causes.Dame Vivienne Westwood is one of the icons of our age: fashion designer, activist, co-creator of punk, global brand and grandmother. Later that evening, I have dinner with the Dalai Lama who asks me about my meeting with Ban Ki-moon.