A shiny viscose skater-style dress in silver, the tiered ruffle hem adding movement and volume to a silhouette that balances the playful with the sophisticated; a combination that Vivienne Westwood executed with consistent mastery across her career. The reflective draping gives the dress an evening-appropriate luminosity, while the tiered construction references the historical silhouettes that Westwood consistently reinterpreted through a contemporary lens. Dame Vivienne Westwood, the defining figure of British punk fashion who evolved into one of the most intellectually rigorous and historically literate designers of the 20th century, her pieces are wearable silhouettes with distinctive fabric treatments are among the most actively traded of her archive.
