Editing Vivienne Westwood (section)

==Recognition==
In the [[1992 Birthday Honours]], Westwood was appointed an [[Officer of the Order of the British Empire]] (OBE) for services to fashion design.<ref>{{London Gazette |issue=52952 |date=12 June 1992 |pages=11|supp=y}} (United Kingdom)</ref> She received her medal from [[Queen Elizabeth II]] at [[Buckingham Palace]]; at the ceremony, Westwood wore nothing but sheer [[tights]] with a reinforced bikini top under her skirt, which was later captured by a photographer in the courtyard of the Palace. Westwood later said, "I wished to show off my outfit by twirling the skirt. It did not occur to me that, as the photographers were practically on their knees, the result would be more glamorous than I expected," and added: "I have heard that the picture amused the Queen."<ref name="You ask">{{cite news |url=https://www.independent.co.uk/news/people/profiles/vivienne-westwood-you-ask-the-questions-692758.html|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20101206040902/http://www.independent.co.uk/news/people/profiles/vivienne-westwood-you-ask-the-questions-692758.html|url-status=dead|archive-date=6 December 2010|title=Vivienne Westwood: You ask the questions|work=The Independent |date=21 February 2001|access-date=31 March 2010|location=London}}</ref> Westwood advanced from [[Order of the British Empire|OBE]] to [[Order of the British Empire|Dame Commander of the same Order]] (DBE) in the [[2006 New Year Honours]] "for services to British fashion",<ref>United Kingdom:{{London Gazette |issue=57855 |date=31 December 2005 |pages=7 |supp=1}}</ref> and earned the award for [[British Designer of the Year]] on three occasions.

She was a Fellow of the [[Royal Society of Arts]] (FRSA).<ref>{{Cite web |date=2024-03-15 |title=50 Famous Fellows - RSA Journal |url=https://www.thersa.org/rsa-journal/20242/issue-1/features/50-famous-fellows |access-date=2024-12-05 |website=The RSA |language=en}}</ref>

Westwood was awarded a Fellowship at [[King's College London]] in 2007,<ref>{{Cite web|title=King's College London – Fellows of King's |url=https://www.kcl.ac.uk/aboutkings/history/fellows|access-date=21 December 2020|publisher=King's College London}}</ref> and in 2008 she designed 20 new academic gowns and hoods for King's students to wear at their graduation ceremonies.<ref>{{Cite web|date=3 July 2008 |title=Westwood academic gowns go on show|url=https://metro.co.uk/2008/07/03/westwood-academic-gowns-go-on-show-246157/ |access-date=21 December 2020|website=Metro|language=en}}</ref> In 2008, [[Heriot-Watt University]] awarded Westwood an honorary degree of [[Doctor of Letters]] for her contribution to the industry and use of Scottish textiles.<ref>{{Cite news |url=http://news.bbc.co.uk/1/hi/scotland/south_of_scotland/7360395.stm |title=Westwood praises fashion campus|date=22 April 2008 |publisher=BBC News |access-date=6 April 2016}}</ref>

In January 2011, Westwood was featured in a Canadian-made television documentary called ''Vivienne Westwood's London'' in which she takes the viewer through her favourite parts of London, including the [[Courtauld Institute of Art]], the [[Wallace Collection]], [[Whitechapel]] (accompanied by [[Sara Stockbridge]]), [[Hampton Court]], the [[London Symphony Orchestra]], [[Brixton Market]] and [[Electric Avenue]], and the [[National Gallery]].

In 2012, Westwood was among the British cultural icons selected by artist Sir [[Peter Blake (artist)|Peter Blake]] to appear in a new version of his most famous artwork – the Beatles' ''[[Sgt. Pepper's Lonely Hearts Club Band]]'' album cover – to celebrate the British cultural figures of his life that he most admires.<ref>{{cite news|title=New faces on Sgt Pepper album cover for artist Peter Blake's 80th birthday|url= https://www.theguardian.com/artanddesign/2012/apr/02/peter-blake-sgt-pepper-cover-revisited|work=The Guardian |date=5 October 2016}}</ref> Also in 2012, Westwood was chosen as one of ''[[The New Elizabethans]]'' to mark the [[Diamond Jubilee of Queen Elizabeth II]]. A panel of seven academics, journalists and historians named Westwood among a group of 60 people in the UK "whose actions during the reign of Elizabeth II have had a significant impact on lives in these islands and given the age its character".<ref>{{cite web |url=http://www.bbc.co.uk/programmes/b01jxs2c/features/ |publisher=BBC Programmes|title=The New Elizabethans – Vivienne Westwood |access-date=30 May 2016}}</ref> A [[tartan]] outfit designed by Westwood featured on a [[Great Britain commemorative stamps 2010–2019#2012|commemorative UK postage stamp]] issued by the [[Royal Mail]] in 2012, celebrating Great British Fashion.<ref>{{cite news |title=Designer Stamps – Great British Fashion Stamps |url=https://www.vogue.co.uk/gallery/designer-stamps-great-british-fashion-stamps |access-date=24 September 2022 |work=British Vogue}}</ref>

In October 2014, the authorised biography ''Vivienne Westwood'' by [[Ian Kelly (actor)|Ian Kelly]] was published by [[Picador (imprint)|Picador]]. [[Paul Gorman]] described it as "sloppy" and "riddled with inaccuracies" on the basis of multiple errors in the book including misspelling the names of popular rock stars [[Jimi Hendrix|"Jimmy" Hendrix]] and [[Pete Townshend|Pete "Townsend"]] and misidentifying the date of the Sex Pistols' first concert and McLaren's age when he died.<ref>{{cite news|author=Adam Sherwin |url=https://www.independent.co.uk/arts-entertainment/books/news/vivienne-westwood-accused-of-plagiarism-over-book-on-her-life-9799821.html|title=Vivienne Westwood accused of plagiarism over book on her life|newspaper=The Independent|date=16 October 2014|access-date=21 February 2016}}</ref> Regarding Gorman's claims, Picador publisher Paul Baggaley told ''[[The Bookseller]]'': "We always take very seriously any errors that are brought to our attention and, where appropriate, correct them."<ref>{{cite magazine|author=Coben, Harlan |url=http://www.thebookseller.com/news/gorman-claims-westwood-biography-plagiarism|title=Gorman claims Westwood biography plagiarism |magazine=The Bookseller|date=17 October 2014 |access-date=21 February 2016}}</ref> A spokesman for [[Macmillan Publishers]], which published an Australian edition of the biography, confirmed that the matter was being handled by the publisher's lawyers.<ref>{{cite web|author=Jason Steger |url=http://www.smh.com.au/entertainment/books/legal-action-looms-over-vivienne-westwood-biography-20141108-11iuzd.html|title=Legal action looms over Vivienne Westwood biography|website=The Sydney Morning Herald|date=9 November 2014|access-date=21 February 2016}}</ref>

In 2016, the [[Metropolitan Museum of Art]] in New York, acquired a Tits t-shirt, designed by McLaren and sold at Seditionaries between 1976 and 1980.<ref>{{cite web| url = https://www.metmuseum.org/art/collection/search/129635| title = Vivienne Westwood {{!}} "Tits" T-shirt {{!}} British {{!}} The Metropolitan Museum of Art}}</ref>

In 2018, a documentary film about Westwood, called ''Westwood: Punk, Icon, Activist'', premiered.<ref>{{cite magazine|last=Weaver |first=Hilary |url=https://www.vanityfair.com/style/2018/03/vivienne-westwood-documentary |title=The Vivienne Westwood Documentary Vivienne Westwood Doesn't Want You to See |magazine=Vanity Fair |date=8 March 2018 |access-date=13 June 2018}}</ref> The next year, Isabel Sanches Vegara wrote and Laura Callaghan illustrated ''Vivienne Westwood'', one of the series, ''[[Little People, Big Dreams]]'', published by [[Frances Lincoln]] Publishing.

In 2022, the documentary <nowiki>''</nowiki>ART LOVERS UNITE!<nowiki>''</nowiki><ref>{{Citation |last1=Dacob |title=Art Lovers Unite! |date=2022-07-29 |url=https://www.imdb.com/title/tt11807722/?ref_=nm_knf_i_1 |type=Documentary |publisher=Patrick J. Thomas |access-date=2023-01-11 |last2=Thomas |first2=Patrick J.}}</ref> starring Vivienne Westwood, directed by Patrick J. Thomas & Dacob, had its world premiere at the Melbourne Documentary Film Festival<ref>{{Cite web |title=MDFF 2022: 'Art Lovers Unite!' (Interview) |url=https://www.film-fest-report.com/home/mdff-2022-art-lovers-unite-interview |access-date=2023-01-11 |website=Film Fest Report |date=23 June 2022 |language=en-US}}</ref> in Australia.