WONDERLAND
奇境樂園

Narrative is always an integral component of Vivienne Westwood’s design process – part of a rich and long-lasting heritage of storytelling though decorative arts. “My clothes have a story,” she said. “They have a character and a purpose.”

Inspired by the love of Ancient Greece and Rome, myth and fable often inspire Westwood’s designs, with references to fantastical imaginary creatures. Some of these were drawn from baroque and rococo artworks, alongside figures from traditional Italian commedia dell‘arte theatre as featured in the 18th century paintings of Antoine Watteau. There are also references to traditional British legends such as the tales of King Arthur and his court, as well as the Mitteleuropa fairy-tales of the Brothers Grimm and Hansel and Gretel. All illustrate Westwood’s enthusiasm for literature. Vivienne once stated that the best accessory is a book, and in turn she looked to literary personae and stories to inspire her designs, even sometimes using illustrations from novels and prints of books themselves in the collections.

Westwood jewellery often explores notions of the fantastical, the unreal and the fairy-tale, with exaggerated scale, unreal colours and bizarre juxtapositions of elements. They seem to have been pulled from imaginary stories. There is a childlike sense of wonder and excitement, an innocence in exaggerated and naive forms – but also a sophisticated game reminiscent of the Surrealists, displacing insects and flowers to the human body and recreating them in unexpected materials such as metal and ceramic, or adorning jewellery with feathers and hair as if themselves alive.

講故事始終是Vivienne Westwood設計過程中不可或缺的一部分，透過裝飾藝術使得故事講述成為華麗、恆久典藏的一部分。「我設計的時裝都是有故事的，」她說，「它們有着各自的性格和使命。」

受古希臘和羅馬博愛文化的啟發，神話和寓言常常為Vivienne Westwood的設計帶來靈感，包括幻想中的虛構造物。有一些來自巴洛克和洛可可藝術作品，還有Antoine Watteau 18世紀畫作中意大利傳統即興喜劇劇院的人物。傳統的英國傳說也是創作之源，如亞瑟王和他的宮廷故事，格林兄弟的中歐童話以及《奇幻森林歷險記》。所有這些都展示了Vivienne Westwood對經典文學的熱情。Vivienne Westwood曾說過，最好的配飾是一本書，反過來，她又從文學中的人物和故事中汲取靈感，有時甚至會在設計系列中直接使用小說插圖和書籍印花。

Vivienne Westwood珠寶設計常常探索奇幻、縹緲、童話般的理念，誇張的比例、虛幻的顏色和奇異的元素並置。這些元素似乎取自虛構的故事中。讓人感受到一種孩子般的驚奇和興奮，一種誇張而樸實的天真—也有以繁複的花式取代昆蟲和花朵，讓人想起超現實主義。將這些花式復刻到人體上，然後用金屬和陶瓷等等意想不到的材料重新再現，或者用羽毛和頭髮來妝點配飾，顯得栩栩如生。