Vivienne Westwood To Release Album

Catwalk Breakdown - www.vogue.co.uk

For the past few months, a seemingly endless stream of actors and musicians have ventured into fashion design, for better or worse. Now it's time to have it the other way around, with Vivienne Westwood infiltrating the music industry with the release of a compilation album this month.

Entitled "Catwalk Breakdown", the album includes sixteen of Westwood's favorite songs, like "Last Night Was Made for Love," by Billy Fury, and Tchaikovsky's Waltz of the Flowers.

Westwood says of the album, "My clothes always tell a story. It may refer to the past, but it's always projected into this heroic future. And I choose the music accordingly … Sometimes the music can just be sexy, it can let you relax, look at the clothes, put people into a fantastic mood. Then it might just have to swing back and lift you up to the final triumph of the fashion show. These are some of the pieces that I've relied on over all these years — my classics. They've never failed me".

Entirely conceptualized, curated, and art-directed by Westwood herself, the album will be released on September 15 at an exclusive launch event in Selfridges' Oxford Street store.

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