British designer Vivienne Westwood acknowledges applause after her Fall/Winter 2001 ready-to-wear fashion show in Paris on March 15, 2001. (AP Photo/Michel Euler, File / AP Newsroom) ...

Vivienne Westwood, an influential fashion maverick who played a key role in the punk movement, died Thursday at 81.Westwood's eponymous fashion house announced her death on social media platforms ...

Farewell to Vivienne Westwood, Fashion’s Rebel With a Cause The great and the good of the industry gathered for a memorial service in London to honor the British designer, who died in December.