Vivienne Westwood, designer and cultural icon extraordinaire, currently has a retrospective of her work at the V&A in London.

For an inspired look into her designs (including 180° views) visit or drool over her book published by the V&A that has over 380 illustrations of her work, spanning three decades, including recent collections and her early punk years with Malcolm McLaren.

On a personal note, whilst living in London, Saturday ritual included coffee, reading The Guardian and lingering in her shop on Conduit Street where we marvelled at the shop assistants' glamorous outfits of the day. My favourite quote of hers is: 'I’m not interested in tailoring, but in the pull and push of the garment against the body'. What more could a girl want…

A book well deserving of its $95.