Here Are Vivienne Westwood's Five Favorite Books
“Reading Matters, it’s the most concentrated form of experience we have.”
You may know Vivienne Westwood as as a successful fashion designer and businessperson but she is also quite the avid reader. “Reading Matters, it’s the most concentrated form of experience we have,” she said in an interview with Dazed. “Empathy: you put yourself in somebody else’s shoes,” she explains. “Each story is an individual’s vision of the world. You become that person as you read, get another person’s life as you go along, gain perspective on the world; you need your human roots: understand the past to understand the present and by comparison, you will make good decisions for a better world.”
She revealed to the publication her five favorite books of all time, and they all happen to revolve around themes of class, political power, social revolution and hard work. Her favorite books are Cao Xueqin’s The Story of the Stone, John Steinbeck’s The Grapes of Wrath, John William’s Stoner, Aldous Huxley’s Brave New World and George Orwell’s 1984. Learn why they are her favorite books via Dazed.
