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Group project:

Vivienne Westwood?

Vivienne westwood and the ethics of consuming fashion article

For instance, in her Spring/Summer 2010 collection titled Planet Gaia (referring to the idea of the planet as a self-regulating system), the models were adorned with environmental slogans such as “Act fast, slow down, stop climate change” (Negrin, 2014). On these issues, Westwood has put her money and name forward as capital for protest with a commitment and passion of an ingénue that eclipses the corporate efforts of rival fashion firms.

Westwood is not anticonsumption; rather, she asks consumers to take consumption seriously, and beyond the parameters of buying/using/replacing objects, and services.

Findings on why Vivienne Westwood:

Reinvigorating heritage -

Recognition and appreciation of traditional materials

Renewal and reinvention of tradition

Evoking and subverting traditional class system

Power of clothes to reveal and create identity

Curating a story-

Brand as a story

Story-telling not selling

Consumer as custodian/curator

Importance of art and gallery system

Experimenting and DIY-

DIY ethic

Adding to and experimenting with clothing

Emptiness of prefabricated fashion “looks”

Material resources insufficient to engage with Westwood brand

Critically consuming-

Critique of fast fashion

Critique of the brand Westwood

Critique culture and politics through fashion

Articles to improve:

Body dysmorphic disorder


 * Claims to be distinguished from anorexia nervosa but this needs to be further looked into because anorexia is not the only mental illness that BDD stems from (binge-eating bulimia etc)
 * "Bigorexia", unsure if this is a correct term, should be further cited to prove validity
 * The section causal factors is short, the few casual factors that are listed are cited well and factual but, there could be a much factors that contribute to BDD.

Social media and identity

Eating disorders in Chinese Women
 * Only contributes to young adults and not other demographics (children, teenagers, older adults etc)
 * The section "Media literacy" seems to be off topic on the relation between social media and identity. It only contributes to the social media aspect.
 * Overall, lack of citations throughout the whole article.


 * The background section is severely lacking only providing a small paragraph. Not providing any real background on how eating disorders may stem in Chinese Women and their culture.
 * Claiming that "rebellion" contributes to eating disorder symptoms from lack of control by Chinese parents but this isn't always the case. Too narrow and not neutral enough.
 * Lack of citations throughout the article
 * Many significant causes and research surrounding this topic are lacking