Christie’s is honoured to have been entrusted with Vivienne Westwood: The Personal Collection, which will be offered in two parts across a live auction (Part I), on 25 June, and an online sale (Part II) running alongside from 14–28 June. The sales will raise funds for the causes Dame Vivienne supported throughout her life, with proceeds going to support The Vivienne Foundation, Amnesty International, Médecins Sans Frontières and Greenpeace.

Recognised as one of the most important British fashion designers of all time. Dame Vivienne used her influence to address some of the gravest issues facing humanity today establishing The Vivienne Foundation to partner with NGOs with similar aims: ‘to create a better society and halt climate change’.

The auctions will offer the personal wardrobe of the late fashion designer and include some of the most important iconic looks that she created and wore during the last four decades of her life. The wardrobe, which only contains garments, shoes and jewellery by Dame Vivienne Westwood’s eponymously named fashion house, is recognised as historically and culturally significant — the earliest piece included in the sale coming from the Witches collection, autumn/winter 1983/84. The live auction (Part I) on 25 June will also include THE BIG PICTURE – Vivienne’s Playing Cards: Collect the cards. Connect the cards, prints which  poignantly shed light on pressing issues facing humankind, such as climate change, social inequality and human rights. Shortly before she died, Dame Vivienne selected ten of the most powerful graphics from her 2017 ‘playing cards’ series to be enlarged and printed posthumously. A project by The Vivienne Foundation, Vivienne’s Playing Cards will be sold to raise funds for Greenpeace. Proceeds from the sale of Dame Vivienne’s wardrobe will to support The Vivienne Foundation, Amnesty International and Médecins Sans Frontières.

Explore Vivienne Westwood: The Personal Collection Part I and find out more about the auction series.

To celebrate this landmark occasion, a special edition catalogue will be published to accompany the auctions. Order your copy of the catalogue now.