Fashion designer Vivienne Westwood has been accused of plagiarism in her self-titled biography which was released earlier this week.
According to the author of The Look: Adventures in Rock and Pop Fashion,
Paul Gorman, the Birt-born designer has copied numerous passages almost
verbatim from the work in her self-titled biography which was released
last week, counting 29 instances of plagiarism altogether, reported The
Independent.
The book was written in collaboration with historian and biographer
Ian Kelly and is also said to include both grammatical and factual
errors, including false claims the fashion legend thought up the idea and title for punk rockers, the Sex Pistols' track Sons of Anarchy.
Both the 73-year-old fashion designer
and the publishers Pan MacMillan are yet to respond to the accusations
surrounding the work through which Ian claimed he was pleased to have
finally told the 'truth' about the 'huge-hearted' designer.
The biography follows the life of the fashion legend from her
upbringing in rural Derbyshire, her career and her relationships with
her husband and business partner Malcolm McLaren, as well as her second
marriage to her former student Andreas Kronthal.
The work also features heartfelt letters from Vivienne's close
friends - which throughout her life have included Pamela Anderson,
Prince Charles, human rights campaigner Shami Chakrabati, models Naomi Campbell and Jerry Hall, Bob Geldof and Julian Assange
