Chaos at Graduation!

You may recall a small degree of boasting on my part that I was luckily enough to wear a Vivienne Westwood gown for graduation…that didn’t go to plan.

Whilst ordering my robe from gownhire.com, I neglected to recognize the significance of the award choosen and absent mindedly clicked ‘University of London’ rather than ‘Kings College London’. In fashion terms this was the difference between getting a beautiful Westwood gown and an ugly brown trimmed sack of a garment. I was so devastated!

The Vivienne Westwood robes really did look stunning. Black, they dropped over the shoulders in a cloak like manner whilst the back featured an oversized hood and elegant draped fabric. All this was finished with a vibrant green ribbon trim (colours varied according to degree). The lovely Jen and Kat were kind enough to let me take a photo, of them in their graduation glory.






The gown disaster was slightly softened by the presence of Vivienne herself. She strutted through the reception area looking fabulous and turning many heads. My Gran was not impressed and informed my Mum, ‘apparently Vivienne Westwarm is here, whoever he is’.

However, she was there to receive an honorary fellowship of Kings College, and it was a truly wonderfully moment to witness her walking into the Barbican theatre amongst the grey governors with orange hair, a head band saying ‘chaos’ and the most massive red platform stilettos.

And it was perhaps more wonderful again to hear the president struggling to recite her biography over the mic; he tried to maintain his deadpan composure whilst informing the audience of her ‘shop named ‘SEX’ and her ventures into ‘fetish, in particular leather strapping and corsets’; she certainly made the speeches more interesting!