Chrissie Hynde, Garbage, Boy George and more pay tribute to punk and fashion icon Vivienne Westwood

30 December 2022, 10:02 | Written by Cerys Kenneally

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(Chrissie Hynde) (Garbage)

Following news that punk icon and legendary fashion designer Vivienne Westwood died 81, artists including Chrissie Hynde, Garbage, Boy George and more have paid tribute online.

Yesterday (29 December) it was announced that Vivienne Westwood died "peacefully and surrounded by her family" in Clapham, South London aged 81. Westwood's husband and creative partner Andreas Kronthaler said in the statement, "I will continue with Vivienne in my heart. We have been working until the end and she has given me plenty of things to get on with. Thank you darling."

29th December 2022.

Vivienne Westwood died today, peacefully and surrounded by her family, in Clapham, South London.

The world needs people like Vivienne to make a change for the better. pic.twitter.com/YQwVixYUrV
— Vivienne Westwood (@FollowWestwood) December 29, 2022

Westwood became an icon in shaping the '70s UK punk scene, and used fashion to promote political causes such as climate change, nuclear disarmament, civil rights groups and more. Inn 2006, her OBE advanced to a DBE 2006 for her "services to fashion".

Chrissie Hynde, Garbage, Boy George, Billy Idol, YUNGBLUD, Sean Ono Lennon, Bryan Adams, Jodie Harsh and more have paid tribute to the late punk icon online.

Vivienne is gone and the world is already a less interesting place. Love you Viv.
Chrissie
— Chrissie Hynde (@ChrissieHynde) December 29, 2022

Vivienne Westwood. A hero of mine.
— Garbage (@garbage) December 29, 2022

R.I.P to the great and inspiring Vivienne Westwood who lead us through punk and beyond.
Laughed at by the fashion industry but without question she is the undisputed Queen of British fashion. I love you! Oh bondage up yours! pic.twitter.com/O6RZqpEVLq
— Boy George (@BoyGeorge) December 29, 2022

https://t.co/pLAvvpyMWr #VivienneWestwood RIP it will take me a bit to take this in…
— Billy Idol (@BillyIdol) December 29, 2022

you gave me the courage to express myself. you were the reason i left the house with the confidence to look the way i did. heartbroken. thankyou for everythin, viv. RIP pic.twitter.com/xy1tU40Gp8
— YUNGBLUD (@yungblud) December 29, 2022

I’m gutted by this news.
— Seán Ono Lennon (@seanonolennon) December 29, 2022

RIP @viviennewestwood
V sad to hear of Vivienne’s passing, we made this photo together in 2008. She was a true original. #VivienneWestwood pic.twitter.com/7AFNF9rZ4J
— Bryan Adams (@bryanadams) December 30, 2022