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Vivienne Westwood, influential fashion maverick, dies at 81

A woman stands by floral tributes outside Vivienne Westwood Worlds End shop, in London, Friday, Dec. 30, 2022. English designer Vivienne Westwood has died at 81. Her fashion house announced her death Thursday, Dec. 29, 2022 on its social media platforms, saying she died peacefully in South London surrounded by friends and family. A cause was not immediately disclosed. (Yui Mok/PA via AP) Safety pins along with flowers and tributes left outside the home of Dame Vivienne Westwood in London, Friday, Dec. 30, 2022. English designer Vivienne Westwood has died at 81. Her fashion house announced her death Thursday, Dec. 29, 2022 on its social media platforms, saying she died peacefully in South London surrounded by friends and family. A cause was not immediately disclosed. (Yui Mok/PA via AP) FILE - Dame Vivienne Westwood after collecting her insignia from Britain's Prince Charles during an Investiture ceremony at Buckingham Palace, London on June. 9, 2006. Westwood, an influential fashion maverick who played a key role in the punk movement, died Thursday, Dec. 29, 2022, at 81. (Fiona Hanson, Pool via AP, File) FILE - British Fashion designer Vivienne Westwood, center, takes part in an environmental protest against the practice of fracking being used in Britain, to coincide with a Shale Gas Forum being held in London on March 19, 2014. Westwood, an influential fashion maverick who played a key role in the punk movement, died Thursday, Dec. 29, 2022, at 81. (AP Photo/Matt Dunham, File) FILE - Fashion designer Vivienne Westwood sits suspended in a giant bird cage in protest against the extradition of WikiLeaks founder Julian Assange to the U.S., outside the Old Bailey court, in London on July 21, 2020. Westwood, an influential fashion maverick who played a key role in the punk movement, died Thursday, Dec. 29, 2022, at 81. (AP Photo/Matt Dunham, File) FILE - British designer Vivienne Westwood poses with models after her Autumn/Winter 2015 show at London Fashion Week in London, Feb. 22, 2015. Westwood, an influential fashion maverick who played a key role in the punk movement, died Thursday, Dec. 29, 2022, at 81. (AP Photo/Alastair Grant, File) FILE - British fashion designer Vivienne Westwood waves to the audience after presenting the Vivienne Westwood fashion collection from the men's Spring/Summer 2013 collection, part of the Milan Fashion Week, unveiled in Milan, June 24, 2012. Westwood, an influential fashion maverick who played a key role in the punk movement, died Thursday, Dec. 29, 2022, at 81. (AP Photo/Luca Bruno, File) FILE - Designer Vivienne Westwood looks through the glass toward the media during a photocall at a retrospective exhibition to celebrate her 30 years in the fashion industry, at the Victoria and Albert Museum in London, Tuesday March 30, 2004. Westwood, an influential fashion maverick who played a key role in the punk movement, died Thursday, Dec. 29, 2022, at 81. (AP Photo/Alastair Grant, File) FILE - British designer Vivienne Westwood speaks to media after her Anglomania Spring/Summer 2010 collection show at Selfridges in London, Nov. 16, 2009. Westwood, an influential fashion maverick who played a key role in the punk movement, died Thursday, Dec. 29, 2022, at 81. (AP Photo/Joel Ryan, File) FILE - Dame Vivienne Westwood poses for a photo after collecting her insignia from Britain's Prince Charles during an Investiture ceremony at Buckingham Palace, London on June. 9, 2006. Westwood, an influential fashion maverick who played a key role in the punk movement, died Thursday, Dec. 29, 2022, at 81. (Fiona Hanson, Pool via AP, File)