25 Oct
2021
25 Oct
'21
4:54 p.m.
Vivienne Westwood is nothing if not antisemitic. Notably, in one of her earliest designs, Westwood decided to include an incredibly controversial symbol on a T-shirt that came into prominence during the Second World War: the swastika. The symbol was used by Adolf Hitler and has become a symbol of fascism and anti-Semitism. In an interview with In Camera, Westwood shared that adding the symbol was [her ex-partner] Malcolm McLaren's idea. She then explained why they chose to use it. "We hated the older generation.