Vivienne Westwood was probably one of the only guests in attendance at this year's Met Ball who actually played in role in punk the first time round. This year's theme, Punk: Chaos to Couture, inspired spikey hairdos and the odd dash of over-applied eyeliner, but in the spirit of all this anarchic, Westwood, 72, ruffled a few feathers by donning a very large badge with a picture of Bradley Manning and the word Truth.
According to New York magazine The Cut, the designer rejected questions for the Vogue livestream and decided to explain the thinking behind her badge. They quotes her as saying:
"When I did punk all those years ago, [it was about the same thing]: Justice and [trying to] have a better world. I've got different methods nowadays." Then she wanted to keep going – "I've got one more thing to say," she added, gesturing to the guy beside her – before she got cut-off/interrupted as the camera panned over to co-host Hilary Rhoda's introduction to a video piece on Andrew Bolton, the exhibit's curator.
