The Lovely Ladies that I Adore! Part Two

Hello Again Everyone!

It is time for second part of my Lovely Ladies that I Adore post.  The first part can be found by scrolling down or by clicking here.  In my first post I talked about the wonderful Wanda Ventham.  Today’s post will be about Dame Vivienne Westwood.  Yep, she’s a Dame.  How fancy!  So, on with Part Two!

For those of you who have no idea who Vivienne Westwood is: where have you been?  Under a rock?!  How do you not know who Vivienne Westwood is?  Anyways,  enough of my short questioning rant.  Vivienne Westwood is one of the most widely known English designers.  She is mostly known for her influence on Punk fashion.  For those of you who are fans of the Sex Pistols, they wore her designs a lot of the time.  This was mainly in part because she and the band’s ex-manager, Malcolm McLaren, had a clothing boutique where they sold their designs.  Gwen Stefani has worn Westwood designs and even Princess Eugenie has worn a good deal of Westwood.  For those of you who watch Sherlock on BBC, Jim Moriarty wears Westwood suits. 

So, what about this lady makes me adore her?  Well, have you actually seen a picture of her?  Here are some that I found on Pinterest.  She is the one in the front in the middle of the first picture.

 
 

Yeah, the lady is in her 70’s and she still dresses like that.  Why?  Because she is Vivienne Westwood dang it and she does not care what you think!  Here are a couple of  fairly normal pictures of her.  I also found it on Pinterest. 

 

 

 

 

 

She really is a beautiful lady and boy has she aged well too.  She is like a fantastic wine.  Vivienne Westwood has all the courage in the world when it comes to fashion.  I mean seriously would you wear that?  I would if I was a braver soul.  She wears what she wants and wears it with such confidence that everyone just seems to go along with it.  I would love to have that sort of confidence.  As it is, I am still a fairly shy person in comparison to Dame Westwood.  I adore and respect her for what she does.  She has made a statement in the fashion world and she is not going to be going anywhere soon.  Wild as her fashion is, I love it!  It is just so out there that you cannot help but look.  It draws the eye’s attention.  You cannot help it.  There is just so much colour and varying patterns that you just want to look at all of it.  It is like a sensory feast for the eyes and my eyes want to stuff themselves until they explode.

Besides her work in the world of fashion, Vivienne Westwood is an inspiration to me because of her life story.  How so?  Did you know that Dame Westwood was a Primary School teacher before making big in the fashion world?  What?!  Yes, you heard that right.  Eccentric Vivienne Westwood taught little kids.  How much fun that must have been!  I would have loved to have been one of her students.  I can just imagine her being the best teacher in the world.  She went from being as she once called herself, “a working-class girl”, to one of the most well-known fashion designers in the world.  Personally, I think that is pretty awesome.  Sure, she had some rough spots along the way like anyone else.  Hell, I have had a few rough spots in my life.  I think everyone has.  It is part of life.  Dame Westwood rose above those and still walks down the runway with her models!

In short, Dame Vivienne Westwood is an eccentric lady that has overcome the odds and made it huge in the world of fashion.  She is not afraid to be herself.  She oozes confidence and likeability.  If you walked up to her and told her you did not like her she probably would not give a damn and tell you off.  She speaks her mind about things and does not really care what people think.  Also, she is quite the activist.  She is passionately involved in the causes she believes in. So, hurray for Dame Vivienne Westwood!  I hold a great deal of respect for this lady for many things and I always will.

Well, that is it.  I hope you learned a smidge more about me and you learned some more about Vivienne Westwood.  Below is a like to her website.  Enjoy the eye feast for both men and women.  Her designs can be a bit pricy, but they are well made and worth the money.  Also, not all of the pieces are out there.  There are some that I would absolutely love to own for wearing at work on a regular basis.  I might post more about some of the people of the world that I adore, but for now, you get these two lovely ladies.

Until next time!  Stay lovely and classy everyone!

Vivienne Westwood Website

The Lovely Ladies that I Adore! Part One

Ehrerbietige Grüsse an Alle!

Well, today I figured I would talk to you all about something that I have been asked about quite a bit as of recent when people come in to the place where I work.  That question is, who inspires you in terms of fashion?  Well, there are two people actually.  One of which I have adored since I was a little girl and the other since I was in high school.  These two lovely ladies are Dame Vivienne Westwood and Wanda Ventham.  So, what is this post going to be about today?  Today I am going to tell you a little bit about these ladies and why I love them and look up to them as much as I do.  I will be breaking this in to two parts as both are quite long descriptions.  So, on with the first part of my post! 

First off I will tell you about the amazing lady that I have adored since I was a little girl.  Now, the first time I saw this lady was when my parents, mostly my mother, sat me down in front of the telly to watch British sitcoms, sci-fi shows, and movies.  The show that I first saw her on was a little sci-fi show that I bet 90% of you have never heard of and if you have then I am seriously impressed with you and I feel like I should bake you cookies; UFO.  This show ran from 1970- 24 July 1971.  The only reason I know the date of the last show on the original run of the series is because my birthday is 24 July.  That is also the reason why I make it a point to watch the show on my birthday.  The lady in question, if you haven’t already gone to look it up because of my rambling,  is the lovely Wanda Ventham.  I know a great number of people know here as Benedict Cumberbatch’s mother, but I honestly had no idea who in the seven hells he was until quite recently.  On the show Miss Ventham played Colonel Virginia Lake.  Now, I actually have two reasons for thinking so highly of Wanda Ventham.  First, have you seen pictures of her?  She is freaking gorgeous!  I mean seriously, she is 78 years old and she has aged amazingly well.  I hope that I age as well as she does.  Below is a pictures that I found on Pinterest, the glorious site that I am slightly addicted to, of Wanda Ventham when she was on UFO and a from "The Sun" website more recent picture of her and Timothy Carlton.

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Is she not beautiful!  Amazing!  She is a super classy lady too.  Just to top it all off and I read somewhere that she collects owls.  I adore her even more now.  The other reason that I look up to her is because of her character on UFO.  Colonel Virginia Lake was one of the first women that I ever saw placed in a position of authority on a show.  She was a Colonel for crying out loud!  She was also the specialist when it came to working with the computers and eventually became the Moonbase Commander.  Awesome!  She is the person that got me interested in working with computers and doing science.  I actually went off and studied physics and astronomy in part because of her.   So, while the majority of the world my only see the wonderful and beautiful Miss Wanda Ventham as Benedict Cumberbatch’s mother and the wife of Timothy Carlton, to me she will always be the first actress that I ever looked up to for anything at all.  In fact, I actually had no idea she was even married to Timothy Carlton.  It was not until one of my friends made me sit down and watch Sherlock that I even knew who the heck Benedict Cumberbatch was or that he even existed.  My first reaction to finding out, and this is recorded and quite possibly floating around in cyber space somewhere, went about like the following.

 

“Did you know that Wanda Ventham has a son?”- My friend when we were watching Sherlock and there was a commercial on.

“No.  What’s his name?  I bet he is friggin’ gorgeous!”-Me

“Umm…Benedict Cumberbatch.  He plays Sherlock.”- Friend

“You mean to tell me that the guy that looks like Timothy Carlton is Wanda Ventham’s son?” –Me

“Yeah, you didn’t know that?”-Friend

“No! Who is her husband?”-Me

“Timothy Carlton! Oh my God you really didn’t know?”-Friend, now laughing hysterically

“No!  I don’t pay attention to media crap like that!  She’s seriously married to Timothy Carlton?”- Me

“Yes! Go look it up!”-  Friend hands me laptop and I look it up.

“Well, strike me dumb and colour me stupid.  I guess she is.  Huh?  Well, I learned something new today.”- Me

So, yeah, I do adore Wanda Ventham.  Not only is she a wonderful actress, but she is also a classy lady.  Her character on a show that I have loved since I was young taught me that I could work with computers and rise to be a highly respected individual in the workforce.  She has and always will be the single most influential woman, outside of my family, to me.

Well, we have come to the end of part one of this topic!  I hope you learned a little bit more about me and about the amazing Wanda Ventham.  I will be posting the next half of this topic in the next couple of days! 

Until next time!  Stay lovely everyone!