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    Fashion Designer, Punk Icon Vivienne Westwood has Passed Away

    Mary Anne ButlerBy Updated:1 Min Read

    We are very sorry to share the news that punk icon and prominent fashion designer Dame Vivienne Westwood has passed away. The news was confirmed by her official social media accounts.

    Westwood rose to the public light at an important time in British fashion. Her London shop SEX was pretty much the epicenter of the punk movement, dressing such notable figures at the Sex Pistols, Siouxsie Sioux, Adam Ant, and others.

    Never shy about her politics, Vivienne Westwood was often at the forefront of protests ranging from climate change to the exoneration of Julian Assange.

    Her fashion shows were the stuff of legend, and her influence can still be felt on Paris and New York runways to this day.

    She was 81.

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    Mary Anne Butler (Mab) has been part of the fast-paced world of journalism since she was 15, getting her start in album reviews and live concert coverage for a nationally published (print) music magazine. She eventually transitioned to online media, writing for such sites as UGO/IGN, ComicsOnline, Geek Magazine, Ace of Geeks, Aggressive Comix (where she is still Editor-in-Chief), Bleeding Cool (where she was News Editor), and now Nerdbot as Editor-In-Chief. Over the past 10 years, she’s built a reputation at conventions across the globe as a cosplayer (occasionally), photographer (constantly), panelist and moderator (mostly), and reporter (always). Interviews, reviews, observations, breaking news, and objective reporting are the name of the game for the founder of Harkonnen Knife Fight, a Dune-themed band with an international presence. Though she be but little, she is fierce.

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