Vivienne Westwood, who would have been 85 this month, was a noted champion of environmental causes. This Earth Day, here is a free pattern for a Vivienne Westwood draped shirt.
Westwood shared this pattern from Worlds End, her boutique on the King’s Road, London, that uses leftover fabrics from previous seasons. The long-sleeved, draped shirt uses the selvedge and tearability of shirting fabric for a raw-edged finish, and buttons in place to a shoulder panel.
The original dates to circa Spring 2013, when previous seasons’ leftover shirting-weight fabrics might have included both tartan and windowpane checks (Fall 2012) as well as gingham check and pinstripe (Spring 2012).
Bonus: Also available in the Worlds End archive is a free pattern for a Basquiat-esque Vivienne Westwood crown hat. First posted in 2013, the accessory seems to have made its runway debut in Autumn-Winter 2010. Variations were featured in later shows; one of these was included in the V&A exhibit Alice: Curiouser and Curiouser.
The shirt pattern download comes in A4 sheets.
Download the shirt pattern (5 pieces)
Size: Choice of Small, Medium, or Large.
Recommended fabrics: Shirting fabrics, especially stripes and checks.
Notions: 3 buttons, 2cm (7/8″ approx.) diam.
Notes: Prints on 41 to 45 A4 sheets. NB: The size Medium was posted, but not linked correctly — see above link for PDF. No instructions, but comments on the original Worlds End post give insight into sizing and assembly.
For those in the U.K., programming to accompany the current exhibit at the Bowes Museum, Vivienne Westwood: Rebel – Storyteller – Visionary, includes a series of Westwood-inspired sewing workshops.
With thanks to Alessandra S.
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