Over the past few seasons, Vivienne Westwood’s main line has served as a forum to revive some of her most memorable collections from decades past, most notably with the use of the Boucher prints from her famous “Portrait” collection for fall.
This season she continued the trend with a look back to one of her personal favorites, spring 1998’s “Tied to the Mast” collection, a swashbuckling pirate-and-sailor fantasia inspired by the 19th-century British couturier Redfern.
In part that’s thanks to Westwood’s ongoing commitment to sustainability, an area where—whatever you make of her mandate to buy less while still producing multiple collections each season—she undoubtedly walks the walk. As is now custom, the show notes were accompanied by a 28-page dossier outlining the collection’s environmentally-friendly credentials: 98% of the materials are low-impact and cruelty-free, and for the first time there are no virgin synthetic fabrics.
But it’s also Westwood’s ability to find fresh riffs on these historical designs that ensures they never feel antique. In place of the bonnets, sashes, and dramatic crinolines of the collection’s theatrical first outing, here things were dialed back to suit a 2021 customer. The sailor’s knot motif from 1998 could be found laser printed onto denim and woven through adjustable tops constructed via zero-waste pattern cutting and crisp sweater vests.
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