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“I am traumatised by the problem of climate change” Dame Vivienne Westwood
Dame Vivienne Westwood is aware of the contradiction of being a commercially successful fashion designer, and an environmental activist.
In 2005 she set up a foundation called “Active Resistance” to encourage engagement between art and humanitarian and environmental issues.
“The AR manifesto reveals that in the pursuit of art, the art lover becomes resistant to propaganda. This ethic arms him with a sane outlook on life.”
Recent collections of hers were titled, Propaganda, Active Resistance and Chaos. The Autumn/Winter Paris fashion show February 2009 was called +50, a reference to the temperature increase we will experience when carbon dioxide exceeds acceptable levels in the atmosphere.
In December 2009, Dame Westwood announced she was designing T-shirts for Anvil knitwear to support the efforts of rainforest nations at the UN climate change conference in Copenhagen to stop deforestation. Anvil knitwear is an American fashion company that sells 16 products made from recycled cotton, organic cotton, recycled PET and transitional cotton.

The t-shirts she designed had slogans reading: ACT FAST/SLOW DOWN and Say YES to the Rainforest.
Dame Westwood is Currently designing a capsule collection with Lee Jeans for Autumn/Winter 2010/2011 for her anglomania line.
Dame Vivienne Westwood continues to support the Prince of Wales Rainforest alliance. Attend Climate change summits and challenge company owners like Richard Branson to see how they are changing the way they do business to help combat climate change.