Vivienne Westwood | Empire Style – online & instore

a/w 2024 / clothing

VIVIENNE WESTWOOD is back at Concrete Store for autumn / winter 2024, available both online and instore. The first drops are part of a collection inspired by Goethe and the early 19th-century ‘Empire style’ movement, the Napoleonic era’s aesthetic, and the lavish grandeur of Imperial Rome. The late Westwood herself is quoted in the brand’s press release, having once said “Andreas bought me Goethe’s The Sorrows of Young Werther. It was the first tragic novel, and it caused a sensation – and was one of the factors which led to the Romantic movement. Napoleon took ‘Werther’ on his Egyptian campaign in 1798 – and when he met Goethe in 1808, he told him that he had read the book seven times – he decorated him.”

The very Westwood Anglo-romantic looking collection features Harris Tweed tailoring, corsets, tops, coats and more. Clickety click shop shop!

Shop: Vivienne Westwood