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Vivienne Westwood's Clothes, Jewels Headed for Auction

Gallery staff pose with a dress from the 'DRESSED TO SCALE' collection by late British fashion designer Vivienne Westwood (1941-2022) during a press view at Christie's auction house in London, Britain, 13 June 2024. EPA/TOLGA AKMEN
Gallery staff pose with a dress from the 'DRESSED TO SCALE' collection by late British fashion designer Vivienne Westwood (1941-2022) during a press view at Christie's auction house in London, Britain, 13 June 2024. EPA/TOLGA AKMEN
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Vivienne Westwood's Clothes, Jewels Headed for Auction

Gallery staff pose with a dress from the 'DRESSED TO SCALE' collection by late British fashion designer Vivienne Westwood (1941-2022) during a press view at Christie's auction house in London, Britain, 13 June 2024. EPA/TOLGA AKMEN
Gallery staff pose with a dress from the 'DRESSED TO SCALE' collection by late British fashion designer Vivienne Westwood (1941-2022) during a press view at Christie's auction house in London, Britain, 13 June 2024. EPA/TOLGA AKMEN

Dresses, suits, shoes and jewelry from the personal collection of late British designer Vivienne Westwood will go under the hammer this month is an auction aimed at raising funds for charity.
More than 200 lots are being offered by Christie's in London for the two-part "Vivienne Westwood: The Personal Collection" auction, made up of a live sale on June 25 and an online auction running June 14-28.
Westwood, one of British fashion's biggest names, died in December 2022, aged 81. Her collaborator and widower Andreas Kronthaler has selected looks spanning some 40 years for the auction, with the earliest from Westwood's Autumn-Winter 1983-1984 collection.
"These are the things that she chose to wear herself throughout the last 40 years of her life," Adrian Hume-Sayer, head of sale for the auction, told Reuters at a press preview on Thursday. “It's very personal... These are the things you can see her on her bike, riding around London, press interviews, end of the catwalk... just conducting her day-to-day life. But she also lived... as she spoke. And so unlike many people... in her position she wore things repeatedly. She had favorites."
Westwood, whose name was synonymous with 1970s punk rebellion, was also known for her activism. Her T-shirts bore slogans against fossil fuel-driven climate change and pollution, as well as her support for WikiLeaks founder Julian Assange.
In addition to clothes and accessories, a set of enlarged prints of a pack of playing cards Westwood designed in 2017 - focusing on issues such as climate change and inequality - are also being offered for sale with an estimate of 30,000 pounds - 50,000 pounds ($38,292 - $63,820).
Proceeds from the auction will go towards causes and charities Westwood supported - her own Vivienne Foundation, Greenpeace, Amnesty International and Médecins Sans Frontières, Christie's said.
An exhibition of the lots will be open to the public at Christie's London from Friday until June 24.

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Shein Reportedly Keeps Option to List in Hong Kong as Backup

This photo taken on June 11, 2024 shows employees walking through the lobby of the fast fashion e-commerce company Shein outside its office in Guangzhou in southern China's Guangdong province. (Photo by Jade GAO / AFP)
This photo taken on June 11, 2024 shows employees walking through the lobby of the fast fashion e-commerce company Shein outside its office in Guangzhou in southern China's Guangdong province. (Photo by Jade GAO / AFP)
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Shein Reportedly Keeps Option to List in Hong Kong as Backup

This photo taken on June 11, 2024 shows employees walking through the lobby of the fast fashion e-commerce company Shein outside its office in Guangzhou in southern China's Guangdong province. (Photo by Jade GAO / AFP)
This photo taken on June 11, 2024 shows employees walking through the lobby of the fast fashion e-commerce company Shein outside its office in Guangzhou in southern China's Guangdong province. (Photo by Jade GAO / AFP)

Online fast-fashion group Shein is keeping alive a fallback option to list in Hong Kong despite filing for a London listing, the Financial Times reported on Friday, citing people familiar with the situation.
The company confidentially filed papers with Britain's markets regulator in June, two sources told Reuters on Monday, kicking off the process for a potential London listing later this year.
The news has triggered strong opposition from human rights groups in the UK over concerns about Shein's labor practices. Amnesty International UK said the potential London initial public offering would be a "badge of shame" for the LSE.
Shein's plans remain in flux and there is no certainty that it will end up listing in London even if that is the company's current focus, the FT report said.
The company did not immediately respond to a Reuters request for comment.
Shein, which was valued at $66 billion in a fundraising round last year, began to explore a listing on the London Stock Exchange early this year, Reuters reported in May, citing sources. Its original plan to list in New York came unstuck following opposition from US lawmakers.
Some senior British lawmakers have also questioned Shein's suitability and called for greater scrutiny of its labor practices, supply chain and use of an import tax exemption.