“I've always felt heroic about my life... As a child, I remember little girls in the playground moaning about how boys could do more than they could. I didn't think that was the case at all. My parents didn't treat me as a girl.”

British fashion designer and cultural provocateur of the late 20th century, Vivienne Westwood was a defining force in punk and avant-garde fashion. She revolutionized streetwear with radical silhouettes and subversive messaging, blending art and activism to challenge societal norms.