Vivienne Westwood Spring 2014: Fantastical Theatrical

There was perhaps no better indication that Vivienne Westwood's Gold Label Spring 2014 show was going to be theatrical than the line from Shakespeare's Measure for Measure she put in her show notes. "But man, poor man, dressed in a little brief authority . . . like an angry ape." It didn't take long to see that this show and its commentary were about the way people treat the earth. All of the models' faces were splattered with makeup that looked like mud, and many of the dramatic looks included ...