Vivienne Westwood died on Thursday (Dec. 29) on the age of 81, and the music neighborhood flocked to social media to pay tribute to the style icon.
“Viv! My buddy, my idol, my icon. There may be not sufficient time or house on this format to appropriately describe the methods you impacted music, trend, tradition, and the like,” Halsey captioned a photograph of herself and Westwood seated collectively within the entrance row of a trend present. “Your legacy is immortal and everlasting. I hope we’ll all proceed to interrupt boundaries and query establishments in your instance and reminiscence. I’ll cherish all of our conversations and teas (and *tea*! you had the most effective tales). Love at all times, and lengthy stay Queen Viv.”
Courtney Love, in the meantime, paid tribute to the designer on her Instagram Tales, writing, “I’m so very sorry she has left & so very glad that she lived. & her message at all times will. Xxx.”&
Cyndi Lauper reminisced about Westwood’s vibrant trend reveals from the Nineties and legacy as a pioneer in “punk couture,” whereas Annie Lennox memorialized the designer’s longstanding dedication to activism. “Her life pressure merely blew definitions out of the water,” the Eurythmics singer shared, “way more an eighteen yr outdated than eighty – one in human years – A fearless, formidable pressure of nature who turned every part the other way up – inside out and again to entrance, each ‘actually’ and figuratively! Britain’s model of ‘Frida Kahlo’… Not ‘gone’ – She’s simply moved elsewhere…”
RuPaul’s Drag Race U.Ok. winner The Vivienne, whose drag title was impressed by the designer, additionally paid tribute on Twitter. “Vivienne Westwood is the lady that confirmed me I may do something, I may put on what I wished, she was an ICON and I lived my life by way of hers in some types of manner,” the truth contestant tweeted. “There’ll by no means be one other, however we’ll proceed your struggle.”
Learn extra tributes to Westwood’s reminiscence beneath.