At yoga, I suddenly had the stunning revelation that Alice in Wonderland, a book written by Lewis Carroll, actually proves Einstein’s theory of relativity. Dame Vivienne Westwood is one of the icons of our age: fashion designer, activist, co-creator of punk, global brand and grandmother. Honestly, just from reading this book, I can tell that Vivienne Westwood is a wholly genuine person. Spanning six years of Climate Revolution, fashion and activism, the book is as provocative as you would expect from Britain’s punk dame. She lives a busy, busy life - and as she records her daily routine we begin to get to know this woman - in an intimate productive way.

At the ceremony, Westwood was knicker-less, which was later captured by a photographer in the courtyard of Buckingham Palace.Very motivating read, to Vivennes's way of thinking and the time she devotes for environmental causes. And then there are the personal colour photographs, fashion, celebrities, musings and reflections; the passion that is Vivienne Westwood.

Westwood advanced from OBE to DBE in the 2006 New Year's Honours List for services to fashion,and had thrice earned the award for British Designer of the Year. This book is in the form of a journal that Vivienne kept from 2010 through 2016, containing drawings, art she admired and photographs. Later that evening, I have dinner with the Dalai Lama who asks me about my meeting with Ban Ki-moon. Since then, she has written two or three entries each month, discussing her life in fashion and her involvement with art, politics and the environment.Her career has successfully spanned five decades and her work has influenced millions across the world. Find your next must-read with the Serpent’s Tail newsletter and discover gripping crime and mystery from Viper Books.

Fashion designer, political activist, national icon: Vivienne Westwood sets down her unique vision of the world in her blog, Get A Life. I wish she'd simply written a real diary rather than 'dictated' one for an audience, as it feels to me in this case. At last, I wanted to cry out, a celebrity who recognizes that politicians only care about themselves and who cares about the earth and who will actually do things about the things she cares about.I liked this but I didn't rate it higher only because I didn't always agree with some of her ideas and sweeping generalisations. Vivienne Westwood began Get A Life, her online diary, in 2010 with an impassioned post about Native American activist Leonard Peltier. hungry to learn more I planned to dive one era backwards to understand different inspirations and fashion world back then. This online magazine fuses the best high-end, progressive and luxury brands as well as independent designers.