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| Vivienne Westwood only bathes once a week | |
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| Achieving eternal youth may not be as difficult as one imagines, according to the fashion designer and environmentalist Vivienne Westwood. | Achieving eternal youth may not be as difficult as one imagines, according to the fashion designer and environmentalist Vivienne Westwood. |
| This weekend the 76-year-old queen of punk revealed her secret to staying young: have a bath only once a week. | This weekend the 76-year-old queen of punk revealed her secret to staying young: have a bath only once a week. |
| Westwood’s confession came after reporters asked her about her youthful appearance while she watched the show of her husband, Andreas Kronthaler, at Paris fashion week. | Westwood’s confession came after reporters asked her about her youthful appearance while she watched the show of her husband, Andreas Kronthaler, at Paris fashion week. |
| Westwood smiled and said: “Don’t wash too much.” | Westwood smiled and said: “Don’t wash too much.” |
| Kronthaler interjected: “She only takes a bath every week. That’s why she looks so radiant ... I only wash once a month.” | Kronthaler interjected: “She only takes a bath every week. That’s why she looks so radiant ... I only wash once a month.” |
| Westwood, who has campaigned against the meat industry depleting water supplies, previously said: “I just wash my bits and rush out in the morning and more often than not get in the bath after Andreas.” | Westwood, who has campaigned against the meat industry depleting water supplies, previously said: “I just wash my bits and rush out in the morning and more often than not get in the bath after Andreas.” |
| Kronthaler, an Austrian-born designer who is said to have inspired the comedian Sacha Baron Cohen’s 2009 character Bruno, put on a show that featured a dozen or more human sculptures wrapped in duvets. | Kronthaler, an Austrian-born designer who is said to have inspired the comedian Sacha Baron Cohen’s 2009 character Bruno, put on a show that featured a dozen or more human sculptures wrapped in duvets. |
| “There is nothing better than giving people choice,” he told AFP of a collection he said was filled with “lust, desire, sex and sadness”. | “There is nothing better than giving people choice,” he told AFP of a collection he said was filled with “lust, desire, sex and sadness”. |
| “We travelled quite a bit this summer and I tried to put it all into it.” | “We travelled quite a bit this summer and I tried to put it all into it.” |
| Kronthaler said he spent some of his time on holiday in a Tyrolean cowshed and named the dresses in his collection after the cows. | Kronthaler said he spent some of his time on holiday in a Tyrolean cowshed and named the dresses in his collection after the cows. |
| One outfit is called Vivienne after a calf his wife helped deliver. Two others are called Naomi and Donatella, after the fashion icons Naomi Campbell and Donatella Versace. | One outfit is called Vivienne after a calf his wife helped deliver. Two others are called Naomi and Donatella, after the fashion icons Naomi Campbell and Donatella Versace. |
| “Now I am ready for something different ... I cannot wait to get my hands on the next mess,” Kronthaler added. | “Now I am ready for something different ... I cannot wait to get my hands on the next mess,” Kronthaler added. |