Vivienne Westwood Is No Fan Of ‘Sex’
Anyone who has seen the Sex and the City Movie would prolly imagine that famed designer Vivienne Westwood is a fan of movie since she is heavily name-checked in a pivotal portion of the film. But, Westwood spoke to San Francisco Chronicle and revealed that not only is she not a fan of the whole Sex and the City fashion phenomenon but she was so dissatisfied with the movie that she left 10 minutes into the film’s premiere:
Legendary fashion designer Vivienne Westwood is not a fan of “Sex and the City: The Movie,” branding the film’s fashion styling uninspiring and “quite dull.” The designer, 67, is name-checked in the film and even created a dress worn by Sarah Jessica Parker’s fashionista character Carrie. But Westwood insists she was far from impressed with stylist Patricia Field’s work on the big-screen adaptation of the hit TV series. She says, “I thought ‘Sex and the City’ was supposed to be about cutting-edge fashion and there was nothing remotely memorable or interesting about what I saw. “I went to the premiere and left after 10 minutes.”
Yowch! I had no idea that Westwood felt this way about the movie. As I said, anyone who has seen the film (once or, say, thrice) was prolly under the impression that Westwood was a big fan of SaTC … especially considering the way her name and her fabulous dress was featured in the film. I can’t imagine that SaTC stylist Patricia Field is very happy to hear Vivianne Westwood dissing her work. Who knows what it was exactly that set Vivianne Westwood off … maybe it was the belt?
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June 23rd, 2008 at 8:54 am
this movie was amazing!
I heard before the movie came out that Pat Field and Viv Westwood exchanged not so nice words to each other through the press…i dont know if its true, just what I read
June 23rd, 2008 at 9:03 am
How can you judge a movie before it even really gets started?
*eyeroll*
June 23rd, 2008 at 9:48 am
What an elitist cow! How much did she see in that ten minutes? I’m sure she is complaining all the way to the bank as people line up to buy her fugly wedding dress just because it was in the movie.
June 23rd, 2008 at 10:00 am
I guess I’m part of the silent minority that never liked SATC and never really saw anything very fashion-forward about the Carrie character. Not a fan. *shrug*
June 23rd, 2008 at 11:17 am
honestly, is this woman weren’t so pompous and self righteous she would be able to see that the fashion is unique and not dull. is she blind i mean cmon the general public wouldnt wear over half of the outfits because they are fabulously crazy. the woman needs to take the stick out of her ass and get over herself.
June 23rd, 2008 at 1:20 pm
IT WAS THE BELT!
I hated that belt the first time I saw it. And more and more subsequently so.
June 23rd, 2008 at 1:45 pm
I wonder how Viv would like it if someone walked out of her runway show minutes after it started.
June 23rd, 2008 at 2:08 pm
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June 23rd, 2008 at 2:22 pm
I’m sorry, Viv apparently didn’t watch the show very much… While “cutting edge fashion” was a major part of the show and the movie, the story is about the lives of the four women, not about the clothes exclusively.
She had no problem getting her free effin publicity by having her dress be the centerpiece to Carrie’s wedding. How dare she complain about it? If I were Pat Fields I’d send her back her dress in ashes in a box. Ungrateful wretch…
June 23rd, 2008 at 2:22 pm
I find it pretty lame to judge the overall quality of something when you only see 1/10 of the entire thing. That would be like reviewing her fall/winter line and only seeing everything from the shoulders up. Pretty shitty move for someone who is praised in the movie, but also a pretty brilliant move for extra publicity. “Screw Patricia Field, buy my clothes instead.”
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June 23rd, 2008 at 4:09 pm
I have to say…in comparison to the outfits that we are used to seeing through the seasons of SATC…there was really nothing that spectacular about any of the clothing I saw in the movie. The only time I said wow was during the photoshoot with the dresses and seeing that hideous bird thing on Carrie’s head (and i only said wow because it was hideous and ruined the dress). But I said wow almost every episode of the series. Plus Vivienne Westwood has been on the edge of fashion for yearssssssssssssssss so she pretty much gets a pass from me
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June 24th, 2008 at 3:22 am
im such a big fan of SATC, but i admit the movie was a teeny bit more superficial than what i expected.
i thought the fashion was grand, but i didnt like the huge emphasis on designer fashion. sure, it was always an important part of the show, but it was flaunted and pushed in your face like every 10 mins.. its like enough already, we get it you’re fashionable and rich enough for designer threads.
however, the vivienne westwood gown was to die for. simply beautiful.
June 24th, 2008 at 2:51 pm
I had a belt count going the whole movie.